Thanks for the suggestion. That's been checked already. I have only "en-gb" and "en" installed, in that order.

paxolin,

The language should already be set to en-gb or en, as pan64 suggests.

Edit > Preferences > Content > Fonts & Colours > Advanced.

Normally the box next to "Allow pages to choose their own fonts" is ticked/checked.

I have no idea what happens if you remove the tick.

If another browser does the job without any problem, then you may have to use that instead of Firefox, unless somebody can come up with a definitive solution to resolve this matter.

and again you may try to drag&drop from firefox into another window, like gedit or similar just to check the result.

This is getting interesting now.

beachboy2: I unticked that checkbox as you suggested, restarted Firefox as well. It look ten goes before it pasted in Chinese.

pan64: When I had the Chinese characters pasted into Firefox from KeePass, I dragged them into Libre Office. The result was still Chinese.
The thing that made me smile is that I can even tell you font LO selected: "WenQuanYi Micro Hei" Ha ha!

Thanks all of you once again for the invaluable and continuing suggestions.
It would be nice to resolve this rather than have to use another browser, but at least we know a lot more about this issue than before.

I think I'm going to try Firefox support, to see if anyone has any experience of it happening before.
I will keep you posted if I find anything down that route.
In the meantime if anyone here has any ideas, I'm still all ears!

paxolin,

Firefox Settings:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...nts_and_colors

I suggest that you contact Firefox Support and describe your problem in detail.

Failing that, use QupZilla which looks an awful like Firefox anyway.

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Thanks, I contacted them about an hour ago. I'll wait to see what (hopefully) comes back.

To keep everyone updated, this is the reply I had bck from Firefox Support:

I’ve since dragged & dropped from Keepass into Libre Office Writer – that seemed a good idea to narrow it down further: successful fifty times continuously, no errors.
I have also asked in the KeePass discussion group too. Have to wait and see if anything comes back from there.

Regarding what Mozilla Support said about Linux distros and the Mozilla build: Someone else may have some input on that? I wouldn't have any idea about it.
If it was built by Moziila, then Bugzilla could be another avenue to explore, although I worry about it becoming way too technical for me.

is this running in virtualbox, or without VM?
Do you have any clipboard related software installed?

Virtualbox? I've heard of it, but no. I dual-boot between Windows 7 and Mint, nothing complicated. I have to reboot to switch between OSes.

Clipboard related software, again no, (not that I'm aware of anyway). It's purely dragging and dropping, so I'm that must be something to do with KeePass?

I'm still at a very basic level with Linux, so I'm not doing anything clever at all. Just trying to use KeePass the same way it works for me in Windows.

paxolin, I'm late to the party here, and my questions may have been answered previously, in which case my apologies.

Have you tried dragging into Firefox that is being run in Safe Mode (Help->Restart with addons disabled)?

Have you tried dragging into another browser e.g. Opera?

Have you tried using KeePassX?

paxolin,

I take it that you still have no problems at all when you use QupZilla?

Be adventurous and try using Chromium as another test:

Do keep us informed of progress.

hydrurga,
For the late partycomers, here’s a recap:

Yes, I tried another browser. Picked Qupzilla. The results were:
Qupzilla - twenty times worked every time. Firefox failed on the fourth attempt.
Second try: Qupzilla twenty times OK, Firefox failed on attempt number six.

I installed KeePass2 initially, saw the Chinese character problem and thought it wasn’t possible to run it in Mint, so went for KeePassX. That ran with no noticeable issues, although the functionality wasn’t the same, which I didn’t like so much personally. Users here told me it was possible to run Keepass2, so I re-installed that.

Running Firefox in Safe Mode is a good idea, it's not been suggested before. Just tried that: Out of ten attempts it failed twice.

beachboy2,
Be adventurous? I can see your game – you’re just trying to get me into using terminal more – ha ha!
OK, Chromium installed, the result: drag & drop twenty times successfully, no failures.
So to me that’s looking pretty conclusive it’s a Firefox issue? See post #37 regarding the reply from Mozilla Support, they’re asking questions beyond my knowledge (and understanding). So far, not seen any response to it here.

I wonder if users may think I'm being pedantic by keep using Firefox. The thing is I've used it for years under Windows and would ideally like to stick with it in Mint. Under Windows there's no issues with it and KeePass2.

paxolin,

Since QupZilla and Chromium work perfectly, it seems that Firefox is the culprit.

I really like Firefox and I would hate to lose it, but in your position it would just have to go, at least in relation to use on Mint.

You pedantic?

Never!

Thanks. That seems to rule out it being one of your Firefox extensions that's causing the problems.

If you want, I can try and replicate the problem myself in a VM. All you need to do is confirm the following: your distro/version/desktop environment, the version of KeePass2 that you're running, the version of Firefox that you're running, and a site where you consistently have at least 1 out of 10 errors when using the combination. I'm sure this info is scattered around in this thread somewhere but it would be easier for me if it were gathered here.

As an alternative, let me know what you can't get working in KeyPassX - I use it and haven't had any issues with it so far.

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It that a back-handed compliment, I wonder?

Would you suggest I start a new post to ask about the what Mozilla Support said about Linux distros and the Mozilla build: Is Mint building their version of Firefox from source code? Or are they using the Mozilla build?