12.04 [Print Screen] key not prompting for file location anymore

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jun 21 19:32:54 UTC 2012


On 06/21/2012 12:26 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 03:16 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> On 06/21/2012 10:00 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
...
>>> Are you sure that it is GNOME that is to blame?
>>
>> Appears that way:
>> <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669629>
>> [When I press the Print Screen button, it will not appear in "Save
>> Screenshot" window.]
>>
>>> Perhaps it is an Ubuntu
>>> removal of GNOME functionality.
>>
>> Ubuntu supposedly fixed it:
>> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/927952>
>> [When I press the Print Screen button, it will not appear in "Save
>> Screenshot" window.]
> 
> 	But only for Unity:
> "...
> This bug was fixed in the package gnome-screenshot - 3.3.2-0ubuntu3
> ---------------
> gnome-screenshot (3.3.2-0ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low
> 
>    * debian/patches/ubuntu_interactive_screenshots.patch:
> ====> - on Unity sessions display a confirmation dialog after taking
>        screenshots with the keybindings, the auto saving behaviour is
>        confusing our users (lp: #927952)
>   -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:47:18 +0100
> ..."
> 
> Because:
> "...
> Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2012-02-20: 	#39
> 
> Tobias, because we keep being asked by GNOME upstream and GNOME user to 
> let their desktop alone and ship it as designed so that's what we try to 
> do, we stick to upstream behaviour for GNOME environments and take 
> design decision for Unity
> ..."
> 
> 	Now if I could find out how they fixed it for Unity, and if it could be 
> applied ty my Gnome Shell install.
> 	Or maybe get Gnome Shell to use Shutter instead....
> 

Yep. I just booted to 12.04 & in both GNOME and GNOME shell, there is no
prompt and it goes straight to Pictures. In Unity the prompt works.






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