Can't use "print screen" to create a snapshot.

Bug #928109 reported by Haw Loeung
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xorg (Debian)
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xorg (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

** WARNING **: Unable to use GNOME Shell's builtin screenshot interface, resorting to fallback X11. Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.Shell was not provided by any .service files

This used to work, now broken.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+10ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-generic 3.2.3
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 7 18:25:23 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-17 (20 days ago)

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Haw Loeung (hloeung) wrote :
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Haw Loeung (hloeung) wrote :

Running gnome-screenshot manually produces the same error as above:

[hloeung@darkon ~]$ gnome-screenshot

** WARNING **: Unable to use GNOME Shell's builtin screenshot interface, resorting to fallback X11. Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.Shell was not provided by any .service files

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Tobias Wolf (towolf) wrote :

Can you take a look into you Pictures directory?

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Haw Loeung (hloeung) wrote :

Tobias, ah yes. The screenshots are there.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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