Make sure the directory /var/clipboard exists and is writeable

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Mitchell Schoenbrun [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
> Envoyé : 17 août 2011 14:56
> À : photon-graphics
> Objet : Cut and Paste not working
> 
> I have a target system running Photon.   The cut and paste functions are not
> working.
> 
> The "right click" menu comes up but the "paste" function is always grey'd out.   I
> suspect that copy function does not work.   This is consistent both in pterm and
> ped.   I looked into running the API PhClipboardWrite() to see if there is an error,
> but realized it wouldn't matter if I found one or not as the only return code is -1,
> with no explanation as to why there was an error.
> 
> The target is started with a custom script.   I've checked the processes running
> against the same hardware running a development environment in which the
> cut and paste works, and there doesn't seem to be anything missing.
> 
> I've scanned the documentation looking for how cut and paste works, and there
> is little available.    The only hint at the mechanism is a comment that clipboards
> are  tied to input groups.   I used phin to make sure that the Input Group region
> was the same on both the working and non-working system.   I also investigated
> the "Photon" process command line arguments since it owns the Input group.
> 
> I've run out of ideas as to why this isn't working.   Does anyone know where to
> look next?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
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