https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:51:27 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2081/copy-and-paste-in-vmware/Hi. I've just installed the i3 window manager on Arch Linux, running from a Virtual Machine (VMWare) on a Windows 7 system. And I can't get the copy/paste working between W7 and i3 on Arch. Copy and Paste works fine between the host and guest when I'm running Xfce, but not for i3. (VMWare-tools are installed.)Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:38:40 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2081/copy-and-paste-in-vmware/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2081/copy-and-paste-in-vmware/?answer=2090#post-id-2090Hi. Thank you for your reply. I've got the official VMware tools installed on the system and not the Open-VM-Tools, so I do not have the "vmware-user-suid-wrapper" command as described in the docs. I might give the Open-VM-Tools a try to see of it makes a difference, but as stated in the first post. Copy and Paste works fine between the host and guest OS when I'm using Xfce as DE.Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:34:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2081/copy-and-paste-in-vmware/?answer=2090#post-id-2090https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2081/copy-and-paste-in-vmware/?comment=2093#comment-2093Not a specialist here, but I would contrast `pstree -ap` from the xfce session with the i3 session. It will lead to a hint. Be sure to answer your own question ;) Good luck!Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:51:27 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2081/copy-and-paste-in-vmware/?comment=2093#comment-2093https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2081/copy-and-paste-in-vmware/?answer=2087#post-id-2087Did you read the [official documentation](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_Arch_Linux_in_VMware#Copy_and_paste) from Arch about this subject? Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:49:13 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2081/copy-and-paste-in-vmware/?answer=2087#post-id-2087