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gnome-screenshot package

  1. Bug #1072199
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 1072199

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Dmitry Pashkevich (dipish) wrote :

This affects me too.

Some googling brought me to this old article and Launchpad bug:
http://ubuntuguide.net/fix-altprint-screen-current-window-screenshot-not-working-in-ubuntu-10-10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/642792

Disabling the "Magic SysRq Key" as suggested in the linked article seems to have fixed the issue for me:

    $ sudo sysctl -w kernel.sysrq=0

However Shift+Print Screen to take a screenshot of selected area still doesn't work at all for me but that may be another bug.