I use VNC regularly and for quite a while I struggled with the fact that I could copy from my VNC window to my PC. Finally, I had a breakthrough couple of weeks ago. This is what should work:
- logon to your VNC session
- open a terminal window (like Xterm)
- type ‘vncconfig &’ which should result in a small window with 3 options.
- enable all the options, put this little window somewhere in the corner and forget about it.
This should do the trick 
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cool.. it worked
thanks.
but if i close it, it stops working again
any idea how to permanently make this change instead of running vncconfig each time i log in, and not have a popped window?
Nope, not that I know of. If you find out, please let me know. Thanks!
In ~/.vnc/xconfig, you need to comment the line
twm &
Then it should work permenantly:-).
worked a treat