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Hans
Asked: 2013-05-06 07:53:37 +0800 CST

Why isn't the screenshot working?

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When taking a screenshot, there is a gray image displayed.

Before upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04 the screenshot was working properly, however, after the upgrading process the screenshot wont work no more. I tried to verify which package was the problem from: gnome-screenshot, I unistalled it and installed back on my laptop, but it wont work anyways.

gnome-screenshot

3 Answers

  1. you can also try the handy ...

    gnome-screenshot --interactive
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  2. Best Answer

    I got the same problem, even with Shutter, the only way I found to be able to fix it is to reset Unity.

    Open a terminal and run the following commands:

    dconf reset -f /org/compiz/


unity --reset-icons

    Easy to do, but not suitable for everyone I guess.

    Source: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/how-to-reset-unity-compiz-in-ubuntu-12-10-and-13-04

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  3. My problem was that gnome-screenshot was never installed..

    So I ran 

    sudo apt-get install gnome-screenshot

    and obviously it solved my problem.

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