I'm trying to yank to the system clipboard on Ubuntu 14.04. I can't yank into the + or * registers, though. Every time I visually select my text and type *y or +y the indicator on the bottom right initially indicates the number of lines selected (e.g. 4) while in visual mode. After the next keystroke, , it indicates that it is in operator pending mode (lists  instead of 4). As soon as I press * the  changes back to the number of lines selected (4). Pressing y after this vim reports that 4 lines were yanked. But they are definitely not in the system clipboard. The exact same thing happens when I try to store the yank in the + register.Notes:I have two keyboard layouts configured (Dvorak: primary, QWERTY: secondary). The same thing happens on both layouts.I have stripped down my .vimrc to an empty file: No luck.
Can't yank into * or + registers
cut copy paste;register;os clipboard