Bug#671831: gnome-screenshot: main window never appears; can't save/copy screenshots

[Michael Biebl]

forwarded 671831 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669629
thanks

On 07.05.2012 11:48, Brian Marshall wrote:
> Package: gnome-screenshot
> Version: 3.4.1-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> gnome-screenshot flashes the screen and makes the shutter noise, but it no
> longer opens the "Save Screenshot" window, so I can't use it to actually take
> screenshots anymore. This message appears in the terminal:
> 
>     ** (gnome-screenshot:7018): WARNING **: Unable to use GNOME Shell's builtin
>     screenshot interface, resorting to fallback X11. Error:
>     GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: Error: Expected type utf8
>     for Argument 'filename' but got type 'boolean' (nil)
> 
> I'm using gnome-shell 3.2.2.1-2 in wheezy. Downgrading gnome-screenshot to
> 3.2.1-3 fixes the bug.

Unfortunately, this is not a bug, but a "feature", i.e. a change made by
upstream. gnome-screenshot no longer shows the save dialog, but simply
saves the screenhot in ~/Pictures.

Personally, I'm not a fan of this particular upstream change.

Cheers,
Michael




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