[solved] arch gnome44 wayland flameshot unable to capture screen

[runic lark]

I am aware that flameshot has a lot of issues on gnome using wayland (which is a gnome issue, not a wayland or flameshot issue), what I'm not sure about is if there's a way to get flameshot working without relying on the terminal for screenshotting. I have been informed by someone else in #tech-general that they have achieved this, seemingly without issue.

For avoidance of doubt, I have tried this in a vm as well, so my being on nvidia on my host machine does not seem to be relevant.

I've tried installing and enabling gnome-shell-extension-appindicator, I have xdg-desktop-portal and xdg-desktop-portal-gnome installed, and despite not thinking it'll be relevant, thought I'd install grim as well.

Problem: When I clicked to take a new screenshot, or open launcher, etc. nothing happens. If I click to open a new window and then click on those things, still nothing happens. if I quit the flameshot session I then get notifications saying that it was unable to capture screen (all at the same time).

The only way to get flameshot to work seems to be opening two terminals, one running flameshot, the other when needed has flameshot gui.

I'm hoping there's a way to do things without relying on the terminal.

Let me know if you have any suggestions, cheers, vegancookies 🙂

[sterile schooner]

https://flameshot.org/docs/guide/troubleshooting/#flameshot-icon-is-visible-in-tray-area-but-when-i-click-on-it-nothing-happens Does this apply to you? Just throwing it out there.

[runic lark]

oh it does, thanks, looks like they want it added to an issue

[sterile schooner]

yep

[runic lark]

that's lead me to this:
https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/2942
Looks like best option may be to try on flatpak, sadly

[sterile schooner]

Seems that the devs will not expend any more effort in solving this on gnome 4X

[runic lark]

yeah seems that way

kinda contradictory to their troubleshooting page

[sterile schooner]

True

Maybe it's outdated

[runic lark]

https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/2868#issuecomment-1312470098
Seems to be the solution, oddly, having had that work in flatpak version, I've now uninstalled that and installed this, just going to reboot to check it works fine

As per the github issue, this is what solved it for me:

What I did to make it work:

    Run flameshot
    Open flameshot's settings window(I also maximized the window to lower the chances of loosing focus of that window - probably not needed)
    Take a screenshot using flameshot - I clicked the tray icon that came from a gnome extension
    Permissions question should appear - grant it
    It should now work fine without asking for permissions next time you take a screenshot

Wouldn't of found that had @sterile schooner not lead me to the flameshot page, as even though I'd looked at issues, this lead me to an issue I hadn't yet found, which happened to contain the solution!
Thank you OfficerK 🙂

[crystal needle]

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[runic lark]

[solved] arch gnome44 wayland flameshot unable to capture screen

[runic lark]

@sterile schooner lol you're already here XD

[sterile schooner]

haha yes ik I was just looking for something more stable :P

[runic lark]

once it's setup it seems stable?

[sterile schooner]

seems like theres not too much choices

[sterile schooner]

will try

[runic lark]

@grand crest

[runic lark]

@celest oar

[celest oar]

i'll look at it once i need something more than swappy

[runic lark]

might wanna save the link or content, might be hard to find in like, x months time

[celest oar]

in x months time it might be fixed on hyprland already