Ubuntu
compiz package

cursor included in screenshots of movies (gnome-screenshot-tool)

Bug #425852 reported by Eric Appleman
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compiz (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-utils

In Ubuntu Karmic, taking a screenshot of an app like that has fullscreen mode like MPlayer or Firefox cannot be done. The prompt to save the image does not appear until after fullscreen mode has been exited. Because of this, the resulting screencap may include undesired graphical elemnts.

Furthermore, the screenshots will ALWAYS show the cursor, even if it disappeared due to inactivity, unless tricky split-second commands are done to exit fullscreen and save the image.

In Jaunty, fullscreen screenshots worked fine and the prompt would appear.

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Eric Appleman (erappleman)
description: updated
summary: gnome-screenshot prompt no longer appears while app is in fullscreen
- mode
+ mode and forces the cursor to be included in screenshots 99% of the time
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote : Re: gnome-screenshot prompt no longer appears while app is in fullscreen mode and forces the cursor to be included in screenshots 99% of the time

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
 * Do you use the desktop effect option?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Eric Appleman (erappleman) wrote :

Reproducible? Yes.

To recreate, open an application such as Firefox or MPlayer and enter its fullscreen mode. Try to Printscreen or Alt-Printscreen. Observe that the prompt will not appear until fullscreen mode is exited. If Escape is pressed before exiting fullscreen mode, the hidden screenshot prompt will be exited.

This anomaly only occurs when Desktop Effects are activated yet I don't recall having this issue in Jaunty.

summary: - gnome-screenshot prompt no longer appears while app is in fullscreen
- mode and forces the cursor to be included in screenshots 99% of the time
+ When desktop effects are activated, gnome-screenshot prompt no longer
+ appears while app is in fullscreen mode and forces the cursor to be
+ included in screenshots 99% of the time
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
affects: gnome-utils (Ubuntu) → compiz (Ubuntu)
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody
status: Incomplete → New
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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote : Re: When desktop effects are activated, gnome-screenshot prompt no longer appears while app is in fullscreen mode and forces the cursor to be included in screenshots 99% of the time

The window not appearing is fixed in the packages in the compiz PPA that should be entering main in the next couple days. Not sure about the mouse cursor, I guess it's just a timing thing. Pressing the buttons causes the mouse to appear because you are no longer inactive but the screenshot happens after that.

Travis Watkins (amaranth)
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Travis Watkins (amaranth)
summary: - When desktop effects are activated, gnome-screenshot prompt no longer
- appears while app is in fullscreen mode and forces the cursor to be
- included in screenshots 99% of the time
+ cursor included in screenshots of movies (gnome-screenshot-tool)
Revision history for this message
Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote :

I tried to reproduce it here under Ubuntu Maverick and works fine for me, Eric please could you tell us if this behaviour is still affecting you?

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for compiz (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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