How do I get my clipboard (copy and paste) working again?

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Published on 2010-11-02T19:32:51Z Indexed on 2011/11/30 10:33 UTC
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I'm running Ubuntu 9.04, and out of the blue I can no longer cut and paste, I imagine if I restart my computer I'll be able to, but thats a pain, how can I fix/reset the clipboard?

Type "hello" into Text Editor
Highlight the text "hello"
Press CTRL-C
See the text become unhighlighted (is this normal?)
Press CTRL-V
See the word "network" get pasted in.. perhaps that was the last thing I copied when it was still working?

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