Hi:  

I noticed this happening as well.  I think the problem is Klipper, somehow.  
With KDE2 Klipper is running by default...try turning it off and see if that 
makes a difference....it did for me.


> I've recently changed to using KWM and KDE2 (under Linux 2.4.0). Under KWM I 
> can no longer copy from Squeak into another app.
> 
> When I try to paste into Vim, for instance, I get a number of error messages. 
> Other apps (Klipper, the terminals, KMail, etc.) just don't paste anything. 
> No other apps I've tried exhibit this problem.
> 
> I've tried the 2.8 VM as well as the 2.9pre5 stuff. I've looked at the source 
> in sqXWindow.c, but don't know X well enough to spot the problem.
> 
> I wonder what the problem is? This is really frustrating.
> 
> BTW, copy INTO squeak works fine.
> 
> -- 
> Ned Konz
> currently: Stanwood, WA
> email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
> homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com