[arch-general] [gnome 3] PrintScreen key doesn't launch gnome-screenshot

[Rodrigo Rivas]

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:15 AM, fredbezies <fredbezies at 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.