CopyQ on Pop!_OS 2024 - Wayland

[robertstrom]

Describe the bug
CopyQ not capturing text in the Pop!_OS 2024 release (Pop!_OS is based on Ubuntu. This release is using the Pop!_OS Cosmic DE). This release is running Wayland. I have tried using both of the documented workarounds in the issues page shown below

https://copyq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/known-issues.html

env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb copyq

and configuring the Exec= line in the ~/.config/autostart/copyq.desktop file

Exec=env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb copyq

CopyQ is set to auto-start and that is not working and copying is not working

To Reproduce

Since CopyQ is not auto-starting I ran the command copyq at the command line and saw the message

ERROR: [default] QtCritical: Failed to activate Wayland clipboard

Expected behavior
CopyQ should auto-start

CopyQ should work in Wayland

Screenshots

Version, OS and Environment

• Application Version (for example 7.1.0)

CopyQ Clipboard Manager 9.0.0
Qt: 5.15.8
KNotifications: 5.103.0
Compiler: GCC
Arch: x86_64-little_endian-lp64
OS: Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS

FYI - CopyQ is currently installed via the deb package downloaded from the CopyQ GitHub. I originally installed it from the Pop!_OS Cosmic App Store which installed the Flatpak version. Once I found that the Wayland potential fix needed the ~/.config/autostart/copyq.desktop file edited and I saw that the file did not exist I bailed on the Flatpak version. I am NOT a fan of Flatpak or Snap because of this type of an issue. Making configuration changes to apps installed via either of those two methods is a royal PITA (at least based on what I am remembering from a few years ago).

Also FYI - while trying to copy and paste from the terminal in the latest Pop!_OS I tried to use some xsel commands that I have used before to copy from the terminal. I know the command below works, but it does not work in Wayland.

xsel --input --clipboard

I found this terminal copy and paste solution that does copy from the terminal in Wayland

https://github.com/bugaevc/wl-clipboard

• OS -

NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="24.04 LTS"
ID=pop
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="24.04"
HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=noble
UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble
LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os

• Desktop environment, window manager (if applicable)

SHELL=/bin/bash
WINDOWID=0
COLORTERM=truecolor
GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
COSMIC_PANEL_BACKGROUND=ThemeDefault
DRI_PRIME=pci-0000_00_02_0
XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
XDG_SEAT=seat0
PWD=/home/rstrom/Documents
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=COSMIC
LOGNAME=rstrom
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
IM_CONFIG_CHECK_ENV=1
X_MINIMIZE_APPLET=false
HOME=/home/rstrom
IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.crdownload=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-new=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.dpkg-tmp=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90:
_JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=COSMIC
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1
CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=ibus
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland;xcb
LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
COSMIC_PANEL_SIZE=S
TERM=xterm-256color
COSMIC_PANEL_NAME=Dock
LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
USER=rstrom
DISPLAY=:1
SHLVL=1
MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
XDG_VTNR=1
XDG_SESSION_ID=4
COSMIC_PANEL_OUTPUT=eDP-1
PANEL_NOTIFICATIONS_FD=20
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
COSMIC_PANEL_ANCHOR=Bottom
XCURSOR_THEME=Cosmic
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/rstrom/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
GDK_BACKEND=wayland,x11
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
RUST_BACKTRACE=1
MAIL=/var/mail/rstrom
ALACRITTY_WINDOW_ID=0
X_PRIVILEGED_WAYLAND_SOCKET=120
OLDPWD=/home/rstrom
_=/usr/bin/env

Additional context

[robertstrom]

UPDATE: I have finally got CopyQ partially working on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS

I ended up in a conversation with a Pop!_OS support person about another issue and I mentioned Wayland and the fact that a number of things have issues working in a Wayland environment. He said that he also used CopyQ and that he had it working on the new Pop!_OS 24.04 using the Cosmic DE.

He said that I should add this to the /etc/environment file

COSMIC_DATA_CONTROL_ENABLED=1

I added that and it still did not work (I had the .deb installation of CopyQ). I uninstalled the .deb version and installed the Flatpak version from the Cosmic store (it's version 9) and now CopyQ is partially working.

The copying and pasting is now working but I have run into the following issues:

• The auto start checkbox does not appear in the GUI
• I ran this command to check the auto start configuration flatpak run com.github.hluk.copyq config | grep -i auto. Auto start was not enabled
• I ran this command to try to enable the application to start automatically flatpak run com.github.hluk.copyq config autostart true
• Then I ran this command to confirm the configuration flatpak run com.github.hluk.copyq config | grep -i auto. I could see that the auto start configuration was now enabled
• CopyQ is still not auto starting
• I pasted in the Backup on Exit script and the backups are not working on exit (I have tried numerous times). The backup script was not changed at all. 100% stock default settings. Backing up to Documents/copyq-backups. The Documents directory exists, but there is no copyq-backups directory
• I tried creating a copyq-backups directory and then exited the program to see if it would create a backup. It did not.
• CopyQ does not maintain it's position or size when either closing the window or when exiting and reopening the application (behavior I see in other installations on Linux, etc.)

Love, love, love the application. Would sure love to see it working on a Wayland desktop. I also briefly tried using it on a 64 bit Raspbian desktop and it would not copy and paste there either. I did not keep that install functioning for long enough to get much more data.

This has been opened and marked as a bug for quite some time now but I am not sure if anyone has looked at this. Could someone please acknowledge that this has been seen and let me know if this is being looked into or not?

Thanks!

[robertstrom]

@hluk and other developers. If you are looking at these Wayland issues also look at my comments in this issue - New install of CopyQ not importing of clipboard content: not linking with Wayland clipboard? #2847