I have used copyq for a while now, and have been pleased with its performance. It seems to have stopped working. I am using UBUNTU 23.04. I have tried reinstalling it, but to no avail. Anyone got any thoughts?
Good to see you back @david.bradford
Interesting because I also faced the same situation after upgrading to Ubuntu 23.04.
The culprit is Wayland which is surprising because I was using it earlier as well. Still, there is a fix.
First step: close any running instance of CopyQ
Now, from a terminal, run it like this:
env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb copyq
Check if the clipboard history is saved now. If CopyQ is working properly now, go to next step.
Step 2: Since CopyQ is working when it is run with QT_QPA_PLATFORM environment variable set, you should make the change permanent so that when Copy auto starts, it sets the required variable.
Make sure that CopyQ is set to run automatically when system boots. In CopyQ Preference, check the Autostart option.
Now, create a backup of the desktop config file (just for the sake of it):
cp ~/.config/autostart/copyq.desktop ~/.config/autostart/copyq.desktop~
Now, open this file for editing in Nano or Gedit. I’ll use Gedit so that it is easier for anyone:
gedit ~/.config/autostart/copyq.desktop
At the bottom of this file, you’ll see a line starting with Exec.
Change this line to:
Exec=env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb copyq
Step 3: save the file and reboot your system.
CopyQ should auto start and work properly now.
This is mentioned in their documentation.
Enjoy it 
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Hi Abhi
Thanks for this and apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I had forgotten I had posted this and was reminded about it when I received Foss Weekly #23.52 with its article about Clipboard Managers.
All is well now.
Keep up the good work
David
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