Hello Garuda forums!
I appear to be having an issue on Garuda (haven't tested on other distros) where when I copy from the chat in Team Fortress 2 and paste it into any program, it either takes a very long time or the program just freezes and will not unfreeze until I close and reopen it.
I'm on KDE Dragonized and haven't changed anything fundamentally about the OS.
Any help would be appreciated, ty!
Read "Reporting bugs"
Define Fundamental.
Ask the chat developer.
Welcome in forum 
Hi! Thanks for the response. I couldn't seem to find "Reporting bugs" anywhere but I would love to read it if I am doing something wrong, as I said I'm completely new to the Garuda forums! Could you link it to me? By "fundamental" I mean that I did not change anything such as the DE, kernel, or anything like that. Unfortunately, I cannot ask the chat dev as Team Fortress 2 was developed in 2007 (but has native Linux support). However, I could try to e-mail Valve Support and try to get in contact with a developer. I couldn't find this issue anywhere online either, unfortunately. It seems that when I paste it into Kate, it is fine, but when pasted into any other program, it crashes or freezes. Could this be a mismatch of fonts maybe?
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Hi! Thank you for the articles! I have read them and I think I get the gist of it now!
Here's the terminal output: (I hope I will have formatted this properly!)
System: Kernel: 5.11.16-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=c83450a3-5740-4a77-8813-8748d95f2406
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z490-V v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends
v: 1208 date: 07/21/2020
CPU: Info: 10-Core model: Intel Core i9-10850K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake family: 6
model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 5 microcode: E0 cache: L2: 20 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 144000
Speed: 4853 MHz min/max: 800/5200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4853 2: 4702 3: 4808 4: 4707
5: 4693 6: 4806 7: 4884 8: 4900 9: 4907 10: 4811 11: 4840 12: 4836 13: 4791 14: 4700 15: 4800
16: 4828 17: 4772 18: 4702 19: 4719 20: 4882
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia v: 465.27
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2484 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9.2:11
chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 95 s-size: 1027x292mm (40.4x11.5") s-diag: 1068mm (42")
Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96 size: 509x286mm (20.0x11.3") diag: 584mm (23")
Monitor-2: DP-2 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 90 size: 544x303mm (21.4x11.9") diag: 623mm (24.5")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 465.27 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-3: SAVITECH ODAC-revB type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-1:2
chip-ID: 262a:1048 class-ID: 0102
Device-4: Antlion Audio Antlion USB Microphone type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-8:6 chip-ID: 2f96:0200 class-ID: 0300
Device-5: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett Solo USB type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 1-9.1:9
chip-ID: 1235:8205 class-ID: 0102
Device-6: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9.2:11
chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-7: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-9.4:13 chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.11.16-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.26 running: no
Network: Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169
v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:10 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 162.52 GiB (5.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 211070WD temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
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block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter>
rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 390.63 GiB size: 390.63 GiB (100.00%) used: 162.5 GiB (41.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) used: 25.5 MiB (26.6%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 390.63 GiB size: 390.63 GiB (100.00%) used: 162.5 GiB (41.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 390.63 GiB size: 390.63 GiB (100.00%) used: 162.5 GiB (41.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 390.63 GiB size: 390.63 GiB (100.00%) used: 162.5 GiB (41.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 75 (default 100)
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ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram4
ID-6: swap-6 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram5
ID-7: swap-7 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram6
ID-8: swap-8 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram7
ID-9: swap-9 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram8
ID-10: swap-10 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram9
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ID-13: swap-13 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram12
ID-14: swap-14 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram13
ID-15: swap-15 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram14
ID-16: swap-16 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram15
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ID-18: swap-18 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram17
ID-19: swap-19 type: zram size: 794.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram18
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Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 49 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info: Processes: 415 Uptime: 37m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 5.7 GiB (36.8%) Init: systemd
v: 248 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1441 lib: 367 Shell: fish
v: 3.2.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.04
Probably this issue is related either to how this game handles clipboard, and/or how your clipboard manager reacts to this. In the first case I have no idea how to help you besides what was already proposed - reporting a bug.
In the second case, you need to find out which clipboard manager you are using and try replacing it. Easiest way to do this is executing
pacman -Qs clipboard
It should list whatever packages with a word “clipboard” you have on your system. Try others that you might find through your AUR helper like paru. In case of paru:
paru -i clipboard
This will search & prompt you to choose what packages with the word “clipboard” you want to install.
Try also the -git version of your clipboard manager, maybe it was fixed already.
Btw, @false I have an advise. It sadly won't solve this issue, but is a good workaround, because I think that it is something wrong with game and we might not be able to fix it.
So, why don't you use online image to text converters. Just take screenshot of the chat and use image to text converters or something like reverse image lookup, it will hardly take you 5 minutes.
Ty for the fixes/solutions! I will try to use a different clipboard manager and see if it makes a difference. I could also try to use the image to text converter as Naman said. I will report back if changing the clipboard manager works.