I have (cua-mode t) in my .emacs, so that C-c is copy and C-v is paste just like most other programs on my desktop (Ubuntu, Gnome, Linux). However, Emacs does not seem to sh
Maybe this EmacsWiki page will help, especially the section where clipboard-kill-region, clipboard-kill-ring-save, and clipboard-yank are mentioned.
clipboard-kill-region
clipboard-kill-ring-save
clipboard-yank