Hello everyone,
I read that an advanced clipboard feature has been in the hardware > display section of the GUI since PVE 8.1.
I am trying to have a basic clipboard functionality between my laptop (I am currently on a Mac) and a Windows or Linux guest.
I'd like to use the default noVNC and not SPICE because I don't need such advanced performance for server desktop use, especially Windows. However, having clipboard support is an advantage when you have to deal with Windows systems and copy and paste complex passwords or similar in any situation, from an installation through to fixing a broken automated deployment or just standard maintenance. I tried a dozen things and combinations, but the clipboards on my laptop and the various VMs are constantly and always wholly separated.
For instance, I tried to set the following on PVE 8.2.7:
- hardware > display = Default
- hardware > display (clipboard advanced section) = VNC
I am using Firefox on my Mac and even enabled its clipboard API (dom.events.testing.asyncClipboard = true). I also tried Safari and Chrome.
All the VMs I tested with had the latest agent, "spice-vdagent (Linux)" or "spice-guest-tools (Windows)", installed and running. I read that the SPICE agent is mandatory for such a function because noVNC doesn't support it.
There is no way to have the most basic clipboard function to copy and paste text.
Why do we finally have an advanced clipboard function in PVE, but it seems to be broken? Where am I wrong?
Thank you in advance to those who could provide help.
Andy
I read that an advanced clipboard feature has been in the hardware > display section of the GUI since PVE 8.1.
I am trying to have a basic clipboard functionality between my laptop (I am currently on a Mac) and a Windows or Linux guest.
I'd like to use the default noVNC and not SPICE because I don't need such advanced performance for server desktop use, especially Windows. However, having clipboard support is an advantage when you have to deal with Windows systems and copy and paste complex passwords or similar in any situation, from an installation through to fixing a broken automated deployment or just standard maintenance. I tried a dozen things and combinations, but the clipboards on my laptop and the various VMs are constantly and always wholly separated.
For instance, I tried to set the following on PVE 8.2.7:
- hardware > display = Default
- hardware > display (clipboard advanced section) = VNC
I am using Firefox on my Mac and even enabled its clipboard API (dom.events.testing.asyncClipboard = true). I also tried Safari and Chrome.
All the VMs I tested with had the latest agent, "spice-vdagent (Linux)" or "spice-guest-tools (Windows)", installed and running. I read that the SPICE agent is mandatory for such a function because noVNC doesn't support it.
There is no way to have the most basic clipboard function to copy and paste text.
Why do we finally have an advanced clipboard function in PVE, but it seems to be broken? Where am I wrong?
Thank you in advance to those who could provide help.
Andy
