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gnome-utils package

"Take Screenshot" feature doesn't implement Save dialog properly

Bug #16591 reported by Steve Laniel on 2005-04-29

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-utils	Confirmed	Wishlist	gnome-bugs #325708
	gnome-utils (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Wishlist	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Hit the PrintScreen key in the Ubuntuized GNOME 2.10.0. Up comes a save dialog
with a preview of the screenshot. There are also two fields, "Name" and "Save in
Folder." Try typing a name *and* path in the Name field (e.g.,
"~/Screenshot.png"). Click OK. Then look for that screenshot file. It will have
disappeared -- the save will have failed silently.

Other GNOME2 apps don't behave this way. Evolution doesn't, for instance, and
Firefox (which I believe is using GNOME2, but I'm not sure) doesn't either. I'm
surprised that the save dialog isn't more standardized, such that it would be
impossible to use non-standard behavior like the Take Screenshot applet does.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314446: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314446

See original description

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2005-05-02:

I've opened a bug upstream about this:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302763

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2005-10-19:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314446 has a patch for this

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2006-01-18

Changed in gnome-utils:
status:	Unconfirmed → Confirmed

Sebastien Bacher (seb128) on 2006-01-18

Changed in gnome-utils:
status:	Unconfirmed → Confirmed

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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote on 2006-04-09:

Patches exist, but as far as I can tell nothing has been committed yet...

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2006-06-15

Changed in gnome-utils:
status:	Unconfirmed → Confirmed

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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote on 2006-08-26:

This is still a problem with 2.15.93-0ubuntu1

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote on 2006-08-28:

Looks like this will be fixed upstream for Edgy+1.

Changed in gnome-utils:
assignee:	seb128 → desktop-bugs

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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote on 2007-03-03:

Nope. still waiting.

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miked (miked11) wrote on 2008-02-11:

root@2HewittRand-desktop:~# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"
root@2HewittRand-desktop:~#
Hardy Heron Alpha 4

Unable to save the screenshot to disk:

Fatal error in PNG image file: Write Error
error message window pops-up, does not let you change save location
clicking on [o.k.] closes pop-up error message and saving desktop option window.

Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) on 2008-02-11

Changed in gnome-utils:
importance:	Low → Wishlist
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

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InsClusoe (insclusoe) wrote on 2008-02-22:

screenshot of live session in hardy alpha 4 Edit (121.4 KiB, image/png)

Hi Miked,

I am able to save screenshots perfectly in a hardy alpha 4 live cd session. Uploaded it.

Thanks.

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miked (miked11) wrote on 2008-02-22:

Thanks, today, I was able to take a screenshot and save it to a different directory on the same drive, the second hard drive is not installed at this moment. But, when I filed my part of the bug report, I could not save the screenshot on a 2nd hard drive that had free space on it, and my primary hard drive was full. Instead it gave me this error message:

Unable to save the screenshot to disk:

Fatal error in PNG image file: Write Error
error message window pops-up, does not let you change save location
clicking on [o.k.] closes pop-up error message and saving desktop option window.

I would of added a screenshot of the error message if it would of worked, but it didn't.
So, I guess someone can close the bug as it relates to me, as far as changing status of bugs, I get into enough trouble opening, re-opening, and changing status to new from needs info and such, that I will let others double check and close them as they see fit. This bug also has other people who filed it, and dual status, with wishlist and confirmation. but thanks for link to status info.

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pestsov (epestsov) wrote on 2008-09-21:

#10

The same pop-up window appears when you turn on compiz Water effect

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2010-09-16