[arch-general] [gnome 3] PrintScreen key doesn't launch gnome-screenshot
Hello. I'm searching some help, because I'm really stuck. I'm facing a weird - I mean a very weird one - problem since I reinstalled from scratch a few days ago my computer. Ok. I'm using archlinux + gnome 3 with testing repo enabled and fully up-to-date. And a fully systemd one if it is important. 1) Video : nouveau driver 2) Installed gnome 3 fully : gnome + gnome extra + gnome-utils 3) All bindings are correctly set in gnome system preferences. When I press PrintScreen, nothing happens. Nothing. Gnome-screenshot from command line start and also when I search it. I tried : 1) new key for screen capture : nothing 2) binding PrintScreen to launch another program : nothing 3) another keyboard : nothing I didn't tweak anything just installed gnome, gnome extra and gnome utils on setup time. If you have an idea, I'm glad to hear it. By the way, my install is very genuine, no tweaks besides the window button ones and date, using gnome-tweak-tool. Only extension : alternative-status-menu. Thanks. -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:15 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello.
I'm searching some help, because I'm really stuck. I'm facing a weird - I mean a very weird one - problem since I reinstalled from scratch a few days ago my computer.
Ok. I'm using archlinux + gnome 3 with testing repo enabled and fully up-to-date. And a fully systemd one if it is important.
1) Video : nouveau driver 2) Installed gnome 3 fully : gnome + gnome extra + gnome-utils 3) All bindings are correctly set in gnome system preferences.
When I press PrintScreen, nothing happens. Nothing. Gnome-screenshot from command line start and also when I search it.
I tried :
1) new key for screen capture : nothing 2) binding PrintScreen to launch another program : nothing 3) another keyboard : nothing
I didn't tweak anything just installed gnome, gnome extra and gnome utils on setup time.
If you have an idea, I'm glad to hear it.
That very same problem happened to me. The thing is that newer gnome-screenshot versions don't get the window by default when pressing the PrintScreen key. Instead it saves the image into disk directly. Take a look into your "PICTURES" directory. execute $ xdg-user-dir PICTURES to discover what the directory is. Note that if for some reason that directory does not exist the capture will fail. If so do: $ xdg-user-dir-udate. HTH Rodrigo.
2012/10/12 Rodrigo Rivas <rodrigorivascosta@gmail.com>:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:15 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello.
I'm searching some help, because I'm really stuck. I'm facing a weird - I mean a very weird one - problem since I reinstalled from scratch a few days ago my computer.
Ok. I'm using archlinux + gnome 3 with testing repo enabled and fully up-to-date. And a fully systemd one if it is important.
1) Video : nouveau driver 2) Installed gnome 3 fully : gnome + gnome extra + gnome-utils 3) All bindings are correctly set in gnome system preferences.
When I press PrintScreen, nothing happens. Nothing. Gnome-screenshot from command line start and also when I search it.
I tried :
1) new key for screen capture : nothing 2) binding PrintScreen to launch another program : nothing 3) another keyboard : nothing
I didn't tweak anything just installed gnome, gnome extra and gnome utils on setup time.
If you have an idea, I'm glad to hear it.
That very same problem happened to me. The thing is that newer gnome-screenshot versions don't get the window by default when pressing the PrintScreen key. Instead it saves the image into disk directly. Take a look into your "PICTURES" directory. execute
$ xdg-user-dir PICTURES
to discover what the directory is.
Note that if for some reason that directory does not exist the capture will fail. If so do:
$ xdg-user-dir-udate.
HTH
Rodrigo.
Sorry, it won't help at all. Nothing - and I mean nothing - is started right after I push PrintScreen key. No flash, no sound. GnomeScreenshot is working from command line. And I ran xdg-user-dirs-update after starting my first gnome session. It is like the key is dead. But it is not a keyboard problem, same thing happens with another keyboard. Thanks anyway. -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:12 PM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
It is like the key is dead. But it is not a keyboard problem, same thing happens with another keyboard.
Use the showkey to determine, if the key is being determined by the kernel when pressed. If it is being determined, then probably it is not mapped correctly. See the following links to determine how to map such keys. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys_in_Xorg
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys#Using_xev -- Jayesh
2012/10/12 Jayesh Badwaik <jayesh.badwaik90@gmail.com>:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:12 PM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
It is like the key is dead. But it is not a keyboard problem, same thing happens with another keyboard.
Use the showkey to determine, if the key is being determined by the kernel when pressed. If it is being determined, then probably it is not mapped correctly. See the following links to determine how to map such keys. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys_in_Xorg
It is recognized by the kernel. keycode 99 pressed keycode 99 released when I press the PrintScreen key. With Xev : 107 Print 107 Print 107 Print 107 Print 107 Print The weird part is that PrintScreen is recognized as such in Gnome keyboard preferences panel.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extra_Keyboard_Keys#Using_xev
-- Jayesh
-- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
Le vendredi 12 octobre 2012 13:02:35 fredbezies a écrit :
It is recognized by the kernel.
keycode 99 pressed keycode 99 released
when I press the PrintScreen key.
With Xev :
107 Print 107 Print 107 Print 107 Print 107 Print
The weird part is that PrintScreen is recognized as such in Gnome keyboard preferences panel.
Just tested quickly, it's working fine with ksnapshot under kde (of course testing is enabled) ++
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:42 PM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:15 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello.
I'm searching some help, because I'm really stuck. I'm facing a weird - I mean a very weird one - problem since I reinstalled from scratch a few days ago my computer.
Ok. I'm using archlinux + gnome 3 with testing repo enabled and fully up-to-date. And a fully systemd one if it is important.
1) Video : nouveau driver 2) Installed gnome 3 fully : gnome + gnome extra + gnome-utils 3) All bindings are correctly set in gnome system preferences.
When I press PrintScreen, nothing happens. Nothing. Gnome-screenshot from command line start and also when I search it.
I tried :
1) new key for screen capture : nothing 2) binding PrintScreen to launch another program : nothing 3) another keyboard : nothing
I didn't tweak anything just installed gnome, gnome extra and gnome utils on setup time.
If you have an idea, I'm glad to hear it.
That very same problem happened to me. The thing is that newer gnome-screenshot versions don't get the window by default when pressing
2012/10/12 Rodrigo Rivas <rodrigorivascosta@gmail.com>: the
PrintScreen key. Instead it saves the image into disk directly. Take a look into your "PICTURES" directory. execute
$ xdg-user-dir PICTURES
to discover what the directory is.
Note that if for some reason that directory does not exist the capture will fail. If so do:
$ xdg-user-dir-udate.
HTH
Rodrigo.
Sorry, it won't help at all. Nothing - and I mean nothing - is started right after I push PrintScreen key. No flash, no sound. GnomeScreenshot is working from command line.
And I ran xdg-user-dirs-update after starting my first gnome session.
It is like the key is dead. But it is not a keyboard problem, same thing happens with another keyboard.
Thanks anyway.
Did you check the .xsession-errors file for any hint? Run: $ tail -f ~/.xsession-errors And then press the PrintScreen key to see if anything is logged. -- Rodrigo
2012/10/12 Rodrigo Rivas <rodrigorivascosta@gmail.com>:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:42 PM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
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Did you check the .xsession-errors file for any hint? Run:
$ tail -f ~/.xsession-errors
And then press the PrintScreen key to see if anything is logged.
-- Rodrigo
First log I looked at. Nothing is stored. Nothing in /var/log/errors.log too. Dmesg | tail ? Nothing. /var/log/everything.log ? Nothing This is really "dumb" and quiet. Far too quiet. -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
First log I looked at. Nothing is stored. Nothing in /var/log/errors.log too.
Dmesg | tail ? Nothing. /var/log/everything.log ? Nothing
This is really "dumb" and quiet. Far too quiet.
Just out of curiosity, may be the situation is a something similar to this? http://askubuntu.com/questions/153962/why-isnt-the-printscreen-button-workin... -- Jayesh
2012/10/13 Jayesh Badwaik <jayesh.badwaik90@gmail.com>:
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
First log I looked at. Nothing is stored. Nothing in /var/log/errors.log too.
Dmesg | tail ? Nothing. /var/log/everything.log ? Nothing
This is really "dumb" and quiet. Far too quiet.
Just out of curiosity, may be the situation is a something similar to this? http://askubuntu.com/questions/153962/why-isnt-the-printscreen-button-workin...
-- Jayesh
In some way, yes. But I didn't try shutter. Same behaviour. -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:16 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
In some way, yes. But I didn't try shutter. Same behaviour.
What I meant was, probably the screenshots are getting saved? Even though there is no dialog? As is written there in a link in the comments? -- Jayesh
2012/10/13 Jayesh Badwaik <jayesh.badwaik90@gmail.com>:
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:16 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
In some way, yes. But I didn't try shutter. Same behaviour.
What I meant was, probably the screenshots are getting saved? Even though there is no dialog? As is written there in a link in the comments?
-- Jayesh
Well, I will tell this again : NOT A SINGLE screenshot. Clear ? ;) -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:29 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, I will tell this again : NOT A SINGLE screenshot. Clear ? ;)
Okay! (Sorry.) :-)
-- Jayesh
2012/10/13 Jayesh Badwaik <jayesh.badwaik90@gmail.com>:
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:29 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, I will tell this again : NOT A SINGLE screenshot. Clear ? ;)
Okay! (Sorry.) :-)
-- Jayesh
No problems. This "bug" is just very annoying for everyday use. -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
2012/10/13 Jayesh Badwaik <jayesh.badwaik90@gmail.com>:
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:29 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, I will tell this again : NOT A SINGLE screenshot. Clear ? ;)
Okay! (Sorry.) :-)
-- Jayesh
Well... Looks like it is a gnome 3.4 issue. "Upgraded" to gnome-unstable, and guess what ? PrintScreen Key is working again ! -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
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