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SakoDaemon
Asked: 2018-05-16 07:03:18 +0800 CST

Cannot use screen capture apps in Wayland

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I have Ubuntu 18.04 (updated from 17.10 where I had the same problem), and when I use it with Wayland, I cannot use any screen capturing/recording apps. For instance, when I try to take a screenshot with Shutter, I get a weird pattern instead of what's actually on my screen: shutter

I know I can just switch to GNOME/Ubuntu on Xorg, but sometimes that's not an option. Is there a fix for this? Or a certain app that works as it should on Wayland?

screenshot wayland shutter 18.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The default Screenshot (gnome-screenshot) application should work fine. Search for it in the "Activities" overview or use the Prt Sc key. You can capture your whole screen just by running 

    gnome-screenshot

    For the GUI, run 

    gnome-screenshot -i

    Run 

    gnome-screenshot -h

    to see all possible options.

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  2. I use grim -g "$(slurp)" - | wl-copy to take an area of a screen and put it in clipboard.
    Works perfectly in Sway on Arch Linux.

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