paste-from-clipboard-ring does not work

[pretentious7]

Describe the bug
When I'm in a text box or something and use M-y and select something to paste, it does not then paste.

Precise recipe to reproduce the issue

1. C-l test
2. select some text on the page then M-w
3. focus search box and M-y
4. notice that the copied text doesn't show up

Information

• OS name+version: guix linux 6.7.10
• Graphics card and driver: intel
• Desktop environment / Window manager name+version: gnome
• How you installed Nyxt (Guix pack, package manager, build from source): guix package -I
• Information from show-system-information:

Nyxt version: 3.11.5
Renderer: GI-GTK
Operating system kernel: Linux 6.7.10
Lisp implementation: SBCL 2.4.0 (Dynamic space size: 3221225472)
Features: (:NYXT-GI-GTK :NYXT-GTK :NYXT-3.11 :NYXT-3 :NYXT-3.11.5 :CLIPBOARD-CONTENT-METHOD :SWANK :SLYNK :PLUMP-UTF-32 :PARENSCRIPT :NSYMBOLS :FSET-EXT-STRINGS :NAMED-READTABLES :CL-FAD :LPARALLEL :21BIT-CHARS :CUSTOM-HASH-TABLE-NATIVE :CL-PPCRE-UNICODE :CL-UNICODE :CHUNGA :FLEXI-STREAMS :CL-PPCRE :WEBKIT2 :WEBKIT-2.42.5 :WEBKIT-2.42 :WEBKIT-2 :WEBKIT2-CORS-ALLOWLIST :WEBKIT2-PASTE-PLAINTEXT :WEBKIT2-TRACKING :WEBKIT2-MUTE :WEBKIT2-EMOJI :WEBKIT2-MEDIA :WEBKIT2-SANDBOXING :GTK-3-22 :GTK-3-20 :GTK-3-18 :GTK-3-16 :GTK-3-14 :GTK-3-12 :GTK-3-10 :GTK-3-8 :GTK-3-6 :GTK-3-4 :GTK :GDK-3-22 :GDK-3-20 :GDK-3-18 :GDK-3-16 :GDK-3-14 :GDK-3-12 :GDK-3-10 :GDK-3-8 :GDK-3-6 :GDK-3-4 :CAIRO-1-10 :CAIRO-1-12 :GDK-PIXBUF :CLOSER-MOP :GLIB-2-30 :GLIB-2-32 :GLIB-2-34 :GLIB-2-36 :GLIB-2-38 :GLIB-2-40 :GLIB-2-42 :GLIB-2-44 :GLIB-2-46 :GLIB-2-48 :GLIB-2-50 :GLIB-2-52 :GLIB-2-54 :GLIB-2-56 :GLIB-2-58 :GLIB :BORDEAUX-THREADS :GLOBAL-VARS :ASDF-SYSTEM-CONNECTIONS :LPARALLEL.WITH-CLTL2 :LPARALLEL.WITH-CAS :LPARALLEL.WITH-STEALING-SCHEDULER :SPLIT-SEQUENCE CFFI-FEATURES:FLAT-NAMESPACE CFFI-FEATURES:X86-64 CFFI-FEATURES:UNIX :CFFI CFFI-SYS::FLAT-NAMESPACE ALEXANDRIA::SEQUENCE-EMPTYP :FAST-IO-SV :FAST-IO :CL-JSON-CLOS :CL-JSON :SBCL-USES-SB-ROTATE-BYTE CHIPZ-SYSTEM:GRAY-STREAMS :THREAD-SUPPORT :ASDF3.3 :ASDF3.2 :ASDF3.1 :ASDF3 :ASDF2 :ASDF :OS-UNIX :NON-BASE-CHARS-EXIST-P :ASDF-UNICODE :ARENA-ALLOCATOR :X86-64 :GENCGC :64-BIT :ANSI-CL :COMMON-LISP :ELF :IEEE-FLOATING-POINT :LINUX :LITTLE-ENDIAN :PACKAGE-LOCAL-NICKNAMES :SB-CORE-COMPRESSION :SB-LDB :SB-PACKAGE-LOCKS :SB-THREAD :SB-UNICODE :SBCL :UNIX)

ASDF version: 3.3.5
ASDF registries: (NYXT-SOURCE-REGISTRY ENVIRONMENT-SOURCE-REGISTRY USER-SOURCE-REGISTRY USER-SOURCE-REGISTRY-DIRECTORY DEFAULT-USER-SOURCE-REGISTRY SYSTEM-SOURCE-REGISTRY SYSTEM-SOURCE-REGISTRY-DIRECTORY DEFAULT-SYSTEM-SOURCE-REGISTRY)
Critical dependencies: (/gnu/store/v1q4sy44h53vmgcxwr6v4gm1vad4cb2j-sbcl-cl-cffi-gtk-3.8.8-3.1700fe6/share/common-lisp/sbcl/cl-cffi-gtk/gtk/cl-cffi-gtk.asd /gnu/store/5llhygicxsfqwgrfhxnfal5v5y8a8f3g-cl-gobject-introspection-0.3-3.83beec4/share/common-lisp/source/cl-gobject-introspection/cl-gobject-introspection.asd /gnu/store/lq8fsn986wm2p5yn22hrx9kx3grv01hs-sbcl-cl-webkit-3.5.10/share/common-lisp/sbcl/cl-webkit/webkit2/cl-webkit2.asd)

Guix version: 

Output when started from a shell

Nyxt version 3.11.5
<INFO> [21:34:36] Source location: #P"/gnu/store/qb3yl85wsslvyyp67l6kavhl4fxd83qa-nyxt-3.11.5/share/nyxt/"
<INFO> [21:34:36] Loading Lisp file #P"/home/abhishek/.config/nyxt/auto-config.3.lisp".
<INFO> [21:34:37] Listening to socket: #P"/run/user/1000/nyxt/nyxt.socket"
<INFO> [21:34:37] Reload the buffer for no-script-mode to take effect.
<INFO> [21:34:38] Loading #P"/home/abhishek/.local/share/nyxt/history/default.lisp".
<INFO> [21:34:38] Restoring 1 buffer from history.
<INFO> [21:34:38] Reload the buffer for no-script-mode to take effect.
<INFO> [21:34:38] Loading #P"/home/abhishek/.local/share/nyxt/auto-rules.lisp".
<INFO> [21:34:38] Loading #P"/home/abhishek/.local/share/nyxt/hostlist-stevenblack.txt".

(gst-plugin-scanner:20): GStreamer-WARNING **: 01:34:41.427: Failed to load plugin '/home/abhishek/.guix-profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstpipewire.so': /gnu/store/p7z1kafgszjbcvxdv65z2kn862nx79ib-gst-plugins-base-1.22.3/lib/libgsttag-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal

(gst-plugin-scanner:20): GStreamer-WARNING **: 01:34:41.429: Failed to load plugin '/home/abhishek/.guix-profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoreelements.so': /home/abhishek/.guix-profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoreelements.so: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal

(gst-plugin-scanner:20): GStreamer-WARNING **: 01:34:41.429: Failed to load plugin '/home/abhishek/.guix-profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstpipewire.so': /gnu/store/p7z1kafgszjbcvxdv65z2kn862nx79ib-gst-plugins-base-1.22.3/lib/libgsttag-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal

(gst-plugin-scanner:20): GStreamer-WARNING **: 01:34:41.430: Failed to load plugin '/home/abhishek/.guix-profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoreelements.so': /home/abhishek/.guix-profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoreelements.so: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal

(gst-plugin-scanner:20): GStreamer-WARNING **: 01:34:41.927: Failed to load plugin '/run/current-system/profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcogl.so': /gnu/store/13dndyqh8br5hy38nikzspmwa3j91jy1-cogl-1.22.8/lib/libcogl.so.20: undefined symbol: g_assertion_message_cmpint

(gst-plugin-scanner:20): GStreamer-WARNING **: 01:34:41.931: Failed to load plugin '/run/current-system/profile/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libcluttergst3.so': /gnu/store/13dndyqh8br5hy38nikzspmwa3j91jy1-cogl-1.22.8/lib/libcogl.so.20: undefined symbol: g_assertion_message_cmpint

[pretentious7]

as a side effect of this the password paste functions don't seem to work either.

[aadcg]

@pretentious7 what do you mean by focus search box in step 3? In other words, where are you trying to paste?

[pretentious7]

As in, click on the search box and try and paste there.

Clarified the report a bit.

Also, confirmed the gstreamer warnings are spurious, library version mismatch.

I'm guessing this is some sort of odd gnome interaction, but emacs works fine... any hints for debugging? Can i breakpoint the clipboard functions somehow?

[aadcg]

I can't reproduce with the details provided.

It's still not clear which search box you mean. What's the URL of the search box you're pasting to?

[pretentious7]

let me see if i can get a video with screenkeys.

[pretentious7]

bug_recording_copying.mp4

here's a video

[aadcg]

@pretentious7 now it's clear. The search box you mention is the one from https://search.atlas.engineer/.

Oddly, I can't reproduce the issue.

Can you reproduce when you start Nyxt via nyxt --failsafe? Note that you'll need to call the commands bound to M-w and M-y by name. Respectively, choosing copy and paste-from-clipboard-ring after pressing C-space.

[pretentious7]

Yes, same thing with nyxt --failsafe. Although paste works, paste-from-clipboard-ring does not.

Is this some sort of gnome/dbus thing? I suspect this cause I see a bunch of window border blinking when I copy and paste (only in nyxt).

any advice on further debugging? I'm going to try set up slime and breakpoint the function see what's happening.

[aadcg]

Is Alt+y bound to something in GNOME?

Also, what happens when you do C-space paste-from-clipboard-ring without selecting any input field (like a search box)?

[pretentious7]

Nothing (except the nyxt thing in the menu bar blinks to "Unknown application" a few times, but that also happens with an input field focused.)

Also Alt+y isn't bound to anything.

[pretentious7]

Also, sometimes, paste doesn't work either, but at other times it does. I've not been able to establish a clear way to reproduce that behavior though.

[aadcg]

Others GNOME users might be able to provide more information.