Ubuntu
gnome-utils package

gnome-screenshot allows multiple instances

Bug #610847 reported by John Baptist on 2010-07-28

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #609893: If user hold PrintScreen button few seconds there is a hundreds of screeshot application windows. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-utils (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-utils

Multiple instances of gnome-screenshot can be active at a time. This is problematic if the user accidentally holds down the PrintScr key for a moment, as the resulting numerous instances of the program seriously degrade system performance and are annoying to terminate.

Instead, if PrintScr is pressed when gnome-screenshot is already active, either (a) that instance should be moved to the foreground or (b) nothing should happen.

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Thibault Févry (thibaultfevry) wrote on 2010-08-06:

I can confirm this on Ubuntu Lucid.

Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) wrote on 2011-03-07:

I'm marking this as a duplicate of bug 609893, since that bug was filed first and also has substantially more discussion of this issues, and how best to fix it.