# Proton on Wayland - Broken Clipboard Paste & Potential fix for it **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [October 29, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995 "2025-10-29T20:47:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steingrimr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/steingrimr/32/478240_2.png) [@Steingrimr](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Steingrimr)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995/1 "2025-10-29T20:47:31Z")
Hello, OS: Encountered this problem on both Archlinux and CachyOS running KDE Wayland Issue: Copy from browser, discord, or anything external does not paste into game client - in my case running CachyOS proton version. Cause: Something broken between wayland copy paste and proton, might not be present for all versions of proton. X11 likely has no problem but I didn’t test it myself. Fix is to use xclip and sync with wayland clipboard. Commands are for arch based systems, just change them for your OS if needed(ie “sudo apt install” for debian based): > sudo pacman -S xclip > paru -Ss clipboard-sync [https://github.com/dnut/clipboard-sync](https://github.com/dnut/clipboard-sync "https://github.com/dnut/clipboard-sync") for other distro without AUR > systemctl --user enable --now clipboard-sync Hope this helps someone. Would love input on other solutions as well. Another possible fix is to try other proton versions, or X11 rather than KDE. ---
**Author:** ![Gothikia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gothikia/32/387845_2.png) [@Gothikia](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gothikia)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995/2 "2025-11-01T01:04:40Z")
OMFG Thank you. That’s been driving me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![chloroken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chloroken/32/464652_2.png) [@chloroken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/chloroken)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995/3 "2025-11-03T07:38:10Z")
Thank you @Steingrimr for the solution. ---
**Author:** ![Wrdn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wrdn/32/464661_2.png) [@Wrdn](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wrdn)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995/4 "2025-11-05T06:28:52Z")
You are a beautiful human being. Thank you! That has been driving me up the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Van\_Death](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/angel_van_death/32/477684_2.png) [@Angel\_Van\_Death](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Angel_Van_Death)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995/5 "2025-11-15T09:19:46Z")
Its not a Wayland issue its a kde issue. And it should be fixed in the next kde release. ---
**Author:** ![kamaTayun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kamatayun/32/439853_2.png) [@kamaTayun](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/kamaTayun)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995/6 "2025-11-22T12:30:47Z")
I accomplished this by simply activating, running a couple times, then deactivating (I don’t use it) the Steam overlay. After a while, it will break again, then just repeat. (I hate installing things I don’t REALLY Need 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Idalia\_Voss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/idalia_voss/32/482436_2.png) [@Idalia\_Voss](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Idalia_Voss)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995/7 "2025-12-01T17:59:02Z")
Update: this was a [kde bug](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511063) which has since been fixed in version 6.5.2 so if your distro has that version packaged update instead of using a workaround. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_Raikes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alice_raikes/32/474152_2.png) [@Alice\_Raikes](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alice_Raikes)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995/8 "2025-12-04T16:58:29Z")
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 13 KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.6 Graphics Platform: Wayland It looks like Debian is still a long way off. Should I wait about three years? For now, I’m working around this by using the Plasma clipboard manager, which resides in the task tray. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proton-on-wayland-broken-clipboard-paste-potential-fix-for-it/499995/9 "2026-03-04T16:59:03Z")
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