Binary package hint: gnome-utils
Open gnome screenshot tool, choose "Select area to grab" and select a chunk of the screen. The selection box is orange. When it takes a screenshot the thing you take a picture of is tinted orange. An example is the attached screenshot I took for bug 744475
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-screenshot 2.32.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 28 19:30:54 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-01-19 (68 days ago)
I checked with metacity and i get an orange box, but not filled in, so this only seems to affect compiz.