Bug 277416 - "Screenshot" desktop effect would break ksnapshot's behavior
Summary: "Screenshot" desktop effect would break ksnapshot's behavior
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: ksnapshot
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Mageia RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Richard Moore
URL:
Keywords:
: 230767 272664 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2011-07-09 12:12 UTC by Franklin Weng
Modified: 2018-09-04 04:18 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Franklin Weng 2011-07-09 12:12:49 UTC 
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.3) 
OS:                Linux

I first reported this problem in mageia's bugzilla:

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442

Ksnapshot would only grab the whole screen without any delay.  Actually it would keep the last snapshot no matter how many times I grabbed.

Then we found that ksnapshot would work normally if and only if we disabled "Screenshot" desktop effect.

Please reference the original bug report.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Turn on the Screenshot desktop effect.
2. Use ksnapshot and set it to delay 3 seconds and grab the window under mouse cursor

Actual Results:  
It gave me the whole screen.  And even if I changed the window position and tried again, it still gave me the first screenshot.

Expected Results:  
It should only grab the window under the mouse cursor.

I tried it on Mageia 1.
Comment 1 Jekyll Wu 2012-03-09 08:08:38 UTC 
Works for me when using KDE SC 4.8.1.
Comment 2 Jekyll Wu 2012-03-09 08:13:17 UTC 
*** Bug 272664 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Jekyll Wu 2012-03-09 08:22:47 UTC 
*** Bug 230767 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 skierpage 2017-05-26 23:54:00 UTC 
This happens for me in Fedora 25 with KSnapshot 0.8.2 using KDE Development Platform 4.14.30. I see old comments from 2012 that this is a problem with Intel graphics, and I'm using an Intel i5-6300U CPU, Open GL information says "Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 (Skylake GT2)."

I do not see any "Screenshot" in the "Desktop Effect" System Settings Module but I have various other effects enabled.

WORKAROUND: I just realized I have a KDE binary called `spectacle` which looks like KSnapshot but works much better. Stop using KSnapshot in KDE 5 :-)
Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-04 04:18:09 UTC 
Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years and I will be closing this bug. Spectacle is the replacement for ksnapshot now. Please test again and file a new bug for Spectacle if you still have issues. Thank you!