I think you can ignore this ^^. I think I've tracked it down to this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/pushbullet-indicator/+bug/1450728 in pushbullet-indicator that seems to interfere with the clipboard and somehow causing the selection bug I was experiencing
Apologies for cluttering up this bug thread -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1322925 Title: [SRU] Copy, paste stops working randomly in Ubuntu 14.04 nautilus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1322925/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
