My Ubuntu version is Edgy 6.10. uname -a: Linux ubuntu 2.6.17-10-386 #2 Tue Dec 5 22:26:18 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux WIthin gdb, I ran gnome-panel-snapshot without any option. -- gnome-screenshot in Edgy crashes... but still works https://launchpad.net/bugs/76193