Bug#478478: A patch for this issue

[Bryce Nesbitt]

For a patch for this issue see:
http://cafbit.com/entry/gnome_terminal_friendly_clipboard_patch

The presence of multiple "clipboard" selection buffers in the X Window 
System has long been a source of irritation with me, and I frequently 
end up pasting the wrong thing. The root of the problem is that there 
are two different "selection buffers" that are commonly used....