How to copy/paste text from remote system?

There will be a .vnc directory in your home folder. In this directory there will be few files named like <computer name>:<number>.extension
For example my laptop contains following two files in .vnc directory.

adnan-laptop:1.log
adnan-laptop:1.pid

The :1 in the above file names shows that the vnc server is running on display :1.

Now connect to your VNC server and from the connected session run vncconfig as follows:

vncconfig -display :1  

This will show a small window with clipboard related options. Check all the options and dont close the window. Now you should be able to copy paste from/to remote system.

1. Install:

   sudo apt-get install autocutsel
   

2. Run vi /home/b37399/.vnc/xstartup and add this line:

   autocutsel -fork
   

   like this:

   #!/bin/bash
   xrdb $HOME/.Xresources  
   autocutsel -fork  
   startxfce4 &  
   

3. Restart vncserver

I use the following line in my login-script:

vncconfig -nowin&

Hope it works for you!?