Upgrade to Lucid and noticed the same problem, not only in gedit but also in other gtk2 text widgets (wxwidget which use gtk). No normal X selection / middle mouse to paste behavior.
I guess it is Gtk2 bug -- Copy-paste with mouse wheel fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34629 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs