Ubuntu 7.10 / Leopard Copy/Paste Issues

[Breckenridge]

This thread was moved from "Parallels Desktop for Mac > Linux Guest OS Discussion".
Alicia

I installed Ubuntu 7.10 and parallels tools for linux using the latest version of Parallels Desktop 3 for Mac. Everything is working perfectly with one exception: I cannot copy paste between guest and host OSs. Any help on this subject will be appreciated.

[Breckenridge]

Workaround:
I just did the following:
1. ssh -X user@ubuntu.local
2. Typed password at prompt
3. started a gui linux application

now copy and paste work just fine through Apples X11. But still doesn't work if Copy and Paste was done through the actual host/guest OSs

[Alicia]

Hello,

drag-and-drop option (as well as copy-paste) is not available for Parallels Tools for Linux. For more information, please, see page 88 of the User Guide.

Thank you for the information provided anyway. Great workaround!

[RbsMacGuy]

It's 2012, and copy-paste between the Mac OS X operating system and a Linux VM still doesn't work. (Tried everything.)
Is this capability ever going to be provided?

[BostonRyan]

I'm looking for copy and paste to work from browser on MAC OS X (Host system) to terminal in my Ubuntu VM. This does not work, but there is a work around.

(1) Hit Cmd+c with the desired highlighted text in OS X
(2) In the Ubuntu-VM, open gedit and hit Ctrl+v (or any application where Ctrl+v pastes)
(3) Highlight text in the gedit window
(4) Center click in the terminal, emacs, etc.

Maybe there is a shorter process, but at least this works.