Ubuntu 18.04 with current updates: For several months, I had used ClipIt as my go to clipboard manager with Mate 1.22.2. Then one day, it behaved like it launched from the Action Bar, but didn't. Or if it did, it wasn't visible. I'd click on it 6-7 times and the icon would expand out like normal, but the program would never launch. Launching it from the App menu was the same. Could not find the symptoms or the issue anywhere online. Finally gave up and uninstalled the app.
Then installed (using Software Manager) CopyQ. Same problem. It acts like it's launching, but it never shows up on the screen.
Anyone have a clue of what's going on? I'm no expert so please walk me though a test if you will.
I did have Clipit in the tray on login, which I call the Action Bar if I understand your 'Tray' reference. It's the bar at the top of the screen that has quick launch icons for my favorites. Like browers and the like. But as I said, I uninstalled it using Software Manager. And reinstalled it, then uninstalled it. Several times over the weeks. Finally gave up and installed CopyQ, using Software Manager.
I do have the CopyQ icon in the action bar as you show above. It will not launch.
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I just discovered in Term that when I press up arrow, it doesn't show me any recent C&P that I've done today like it usually does. Not sure if that's part of the Copy issue or not.
That will be looking like this inside copyq (even if we dont see it, it's there.
Try to paste it inside openoffice with the paste clipboard with Ctrl+V and next with the copyq paste as plain text new shortcut to see if it will copy & paste (process) the data - that will lead that copyq is working but you have only display issue.
I don't have a 'Status Icon' that I can find. Google doesn't list that, and the CopyQ users guide doesn't either. So what is a Status Icon for CopyQ?
I do have the scissors icon in three places. BUT, the program never launches so I can't do what you're suggesting...no way to get into Config? If I right click the scissors icon in the action bar, I get a 'preferences' but it doesn't look anything like what you posted.
I tried everything you suggested here but nothing I did worked. My monitor Prefs shows one monitor. I do get a resolution error message when rebooting but there's nothing I can do about it.
Results of Head command; head: cannot open '/home/jim-hitek2/.config/copyq/copyq.conf' for reading: No such file or directory
BTW, when I removed the program using Term, the scissors were still in the Action tray.
No, none of those folders are listed in the screen echo.
CopyQ still doesn't run. This is the output and it fails to launch:
copyq -v
CopyQ Clipboard Manager v3.2.0 ([email protected])
Built with: Qt 5.9.3, LibQxt 0.7.0
I do have many .conf files doing ls -a ~/.config/, but none of them say copyq
So looks like your profile is broken. Maybe you deleted some files that is required for the machine to work.
To be honest, i can advise you to create a new user with the same privileges and start using the new user profile.
You can try to fight with the machine to repair your profile, maybe its some access problems. Maybe some chmod can fix it.
CopyQ and some other apps will fail to load because of that missing conf files.