Unable to launch Flameshot from keyboard shortcut

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Hi everyone,

I’m having trouble using Flameshot with a keyboard shortcut on Manjaro Linux.
I configured the shortcut exactly as indicated in the official guide:
:point_right: https://flameshot.org/docs/guide/key-bindings/#on-ubuntu-and-other-gnome-based-distros

However, whenever I try to launch Flameshot via the shortcut, it doesn’t start. Instead, I get a notification saying:

impossible to capture the screen

If I launch Flameshot manually from the application’s menu or using the same command from terminal, it works fine. The issue only happens when using the key binding.

Has anyone else faced this on Manjaro? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

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Would help if you’d post the result of inxi -zv8c0 for starters. :wink:

But anyways. I understand from your link, that you are using Gnome (and the tag)? Are you using Wayland on it? When I changed to Wayland, I had issues with Flameshot until I installed a patch for Flameshot on Wayland from the repo.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.15.11-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=efcf7327-b70a-4194-8cd4-6d749e10920e rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 48.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.50 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 48.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2803 date: 04/27/2022
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard
    serial: <filter> charge: 50% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.25 GiB used: 8.39 GiB (26.8%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: DIMM_A1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 8 GiB speed: 3733 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Patriot
    part-no: 3733 C17 Series serial: <filter>
  Device-2: DIMM_A2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
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    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Patriot
    part-no: 3733 C17 Series serial: N/A
  Device-3: DIMM_B1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 8 GiB speed: 3733 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Patriot
    part-no: 3733 C17 Series serial: <filter>
  Device-4: DIMM_B2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
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    part-no: 3733 C17 Series serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
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    desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1759 min/max: 557/4867 boost: enabled scaling:
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  Vulnerabilities:
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  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
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  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
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  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
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  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
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  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
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  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa mitigation: Clear CPU buffers
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
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    class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia
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  Monitor-1: DP-1 model: Dell U2412M serial: <filter> built: 2011
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  Monitor-2: DP-2 model: Lenovo LEN G34w-10 serial: <filter> built: 2020
    res: 3440x1440 dpi: 110 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.678 y: 0.310 green:
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    1600x900, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1366x768, 1280x800, 1152x864, 1280x720,
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  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 90 2: parse_edid:
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  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
    x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.05
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :0.0
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: nova_core pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Creative Pebble V3 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:5
    chip-ID: 041e:3272 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.15.11-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp9s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 0a:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp10s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.24 TiB used: 178.56 GiB (3.3%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 620311WD temp: 50.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: KIOXIA model: EXCERIA G2 SSD
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: ECFA17.1 temp: 46.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDH3500G
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 70RL scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: OCZ model: VERTEX4 size: 238.47 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.5 scheme: MBR
  ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DL003-9VT166
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC32 scheme: MBR
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 397.67 GiB size: 397.67 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 178.56 GiB (44.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:8
    label: N/A uuid: efcf7327-b70a-4194-8cd4-6d749e10920e
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 348 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:9 label: N/A
    uuid: 24EB-20C0
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 397.67 GiB size: 397.67 GiB (100.00%)
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    label: N/A uuid: efcf7327-b70a-4194-8cd4-6d749e10920e
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Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
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  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:7 size: 758 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
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  ID-5: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
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USB:
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    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2:5 info: Creative Pebble V3 type: audio,HID
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  Device-2: 1-6:2 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
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    serial: <filter>
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Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.5 C mobo: 40.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 560 fan-2: 505 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 598 fan-5: 0
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Repos:
  Packages: 1643 pm: pacman pkgs: 1621 libs: 508 tools: gnome-software,pamac
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 22
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    2: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://muug.ca/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
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Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 443
  1: cpu: 20.1% command: chromium pid: 28078 mem: 395.9 MiB (1.2%)
  2: cpu: 7.6% command: gnome-shell pid: 1722 mem: 789.3 MiB (2.4%)
  3: cpu: 5.7% command: chromium pid: 27461 mem: 338.5 MiB (1.0%)
  4: cpu: 4.1% command: chromium pid: 2866 mem: 562.0 MiB (1.7%)
  5: cpu: 3.7% command: spotify pid: 4693 mem: 428.3 MiB (1.3%)
  Memory top: 5 of 443
  1: mem: 789.3 MiB (2.4%) command: gnome-shell pid: 1722 cpu: 7.6%
  2: mem: 709.3 MiB (2.2%) command: Telegram pid: 13610 cpu: 0.1%
  3: mem: 577.9 MiB (1.8%) command: chromium pid: 2483 cpu: 2.4%
  4: mem: 562.0 MiB (1.7%) command: chromium pid: 2866 cpu: 4.1%
  5: mem: 556.9 MiB (1.7%) command: nautilus pid: 7636 cpu: 0.2%
Info:
  Processes: 443 Power: uptime: 3h 20m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.47 GiB services: gsd-power,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: fish v: 4.0.2 running-in: gnome-terminal
    inxi: 3.3.39

Yes, I’m using Wayland…

Do you remember the patch you had installed?

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Gnome has got it’s own integrated tool for making screenshots - already bound to this shortcut by default.

I do not know the (terminal) command for that.

Perhaps you first need to disable that built in function. :man_shrugging:

Or simply use another, unoccupied shortcut …

dconf-editor might be needed for this

Gnome is strange in many ways.

5

It’s nothing more than pressing the print-key (on an German keyboard Druck).
And that works way better than any special applet I’ve ever tried.

6

Unfortunately not, but I did find a few other resources that might help:

This is from Flameshot’s own site about troubleshooting Flameshot on Wayland.

And then there’s this one on these forums: Shortkeys not working after update Gnome Wayland

Hopefully these are of use.

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Wayland Help | Flameshot

Gnome shortcut does not trigger Flameshot

Symptom: When using a shortcut (Print screen) to run Flameshot I get “Unable to capture screen”. When I run the command from the shortcut in a terminal, it works. Both used to work fine before, but stopped working after my daily updates. The normal Gnome screenshot program still works. [source]

We don’t have a definite answer of what in Gnome have changed, but Gnome users have provided the following solution:

Run the flameshot gui via a shell script

script --command "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland flameshot gui" /dev/null
# or
bash -c -- "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland flameshot gui"
# or
sh -c -- "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland flameshot gui"

If this didn’t solve your issue or if you are not sure what you do about this, Best places to look for are #3365 and #3326.

Reset Gnome shortcut permission

In Gnome Wayland the users is asked if they want to give permission to the screenshot tool to capture the screen. It is possible to hit the wrong button and permanently block Flameshot from taking the screenshot. The workaround have been proposed by the community. Running the following command in terminal would reset the permission in Gnome Wayland:

dbus-send --session  --print-reply=literal --dest=org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore /org/freedesktop/impl/portal/PermissionStore org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore.D
eletePermission string:'screenshot' string:'screenshot' string:''

Gnome Help - Screenshots and screencasts

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I know.
I tried with a default Manjaro Gnome installation.

Gnome has got it’s own built in screenshot tool for that already - using this very shortcut.
It’s not a special applet - it is a built in functionality.
(you can take screenshots with it - without installing flameshot or any extra program)

Assigning the same shortcut to flameshot as well might create a conflict.

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Yes, it makes a screenshot but nothing more.

Flameshot has more gadgets I need. You can edit the snapshot on the fly, put square in the place you want to focus, numbers, text, blur content…

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Thank for you help, but seems it doesn’t solve the problem.

Tomorrow I will try it again.