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Screenshots aren't copied to the clipboard #3479

Open OnkelTem opened 8 months ago

OnkelTem commented 8 months ago

Flameshot Version

Flameshot v12.1.0 (96c2c82e) Compiled with Qt 5.12.8

Installation Type

AppImage

Operating System type and version

Linux Kubuntu 22.04

Description

I can't copy screenshot to the clipboard. When I click this button, flameshot silently exists. I activate Flameshot via Print Screen, which is assigned to flameshot gui --delay 2500

Currently the only option left working is saving screenshot to file :(

Steps to reproduce

  1. Import KDE shortcuts
  2. Assign Print Screen to "Take screenshot with delay" which is the second option with command flameshot gui --delay 2500
  3. Press Print Screen, make selection
  4. Press copy.

Screenshots or screen recordings

No response

System Information

$ inxi --width 80 --system --graphics
System:
  Host: fractal Kernel: 6.5.0-14-generic x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.24.7 Distro: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate] driver: nvidia
    v: 525.147.05
  Device-2: Logitech BRIO Ultra HD Webcam type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia resolution:
    1: 2560x1440~144Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz 3: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 525.147.05
mmahmoudian commented 8 months ago

Flameshot definitely works flawlessly on X11.

Based on your text I think you are not experienced enough with Linux. So here is what you should do:

  1. If you are using AppImage, you cannot use flameshot. You have to run that Flameshot AppImage (this is how AppImage works). We have clearly explained it in our documentation ( https://flameshot.org/docs/installation/installation-linux/#appimage )
  2. remove the --delay 500, that is not needed, it will just add half a second delay
  3. If the above didn't fix the issue, open a terminal and run flameshot (in your case ./ Flameshot-12.1.0.x86_64.AppImage), then open another terminal and run flameshot gui (in your case ./ Flameshot-12.1.0.x86_64.AppImage gui). Then try to copy. It should work
OnkelTem commented 8 months ago

No, unfortunately it doesn't work anyway.

  1. I used the flameshot command because I created a symlink to the downloaded AppImage.
  2. Delay isn't in charge, the problem with AppImage is that it seems to exit before putting the image to the clipboard.
  3. When I run flameshot gui manually, it works and it does put the image to the clipboard.

P.S. As for experience, I'm just a user, but for like 25 years: Slackware, Debian, RedHat, Ubuntu, Mint etc

dxomg commented 8 months ago

I also have this kind of problem here's a recording of how I did it, I'm currently using Debian 12 with Xfce as my DE, It does appear to put some type of image on the clipboard but it is an invalid image, If the screenshot is a lower resolution or its just a window it does appear to work properly.

dxomg@dxomg:~$ inxi --width 80 --system --graphics
System:
  Host: dxomg Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce
    v: 4.18.1 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK208M [GeForce GT 730M] driver: nvidia v: 470.223.02
  Device-3: IMC Networks Lenovo EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW
    GT2

https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/assets/101947415/c868ce0a-0e78-4cb6-be22-ad21b4e1e248

anasouardini commented 8 months ago

It also doesn't work on my setup.

Setup:

Might help to know

I tried both flameshot gui and flameshot full -c.

mmahmoudian commented 8 months ago

@dxomg please install a clipboard manager like CopyQ and check there. Discord is not a good test.

paul1149 commented 8 months ago

I'm not sure if my problem is related. Flameshot was working perfectly up until maybe 2 months ago. Then it started taking an inordinate amount of time to copy to clipboard. I noticed this right after I had set the option in CopyQ to paste the mouse selection clipboard using the keyboard, so I thought the two programs were interfering. But I backed off that setting in CopyQ and FS is still having a problem.

I will select an area, hit Ctrl-C to copy it to clipboard, and it takes over a minute to see the notification that data was copied. Then I can paste it into browser or Libreoffice with no problem. But if I try to paste without waiting, the target program is hung up.for that time period. If I run FS gui from terminal the terminal is likewise hung up for the same time period.

Saving to file works fine.

I'm on MX Linux 23 (Debian 12), using X, with KDE desktop.. Ryzen 5 cpu, 16gb ram.

anasouardini commented 8 months ago

It also doesn't work on my setup.

Setup:

  • Debian + X11 + i3
  • I might lack some dependency that comes with IDEs
  • I use either diodon or clipmenu as a clipboard manager.
  • Installed flameshot straight from Debian's repo.
  • flameshot -v: Flameshot v12.1.0 (Debian 12.1.0-2) Compiled with Qt 5.15.8

Might help to know

  • copying an image from the browser works
  • pasting the image into Discord or Gimp works

I tried both flameshot gui and flameshot full -c.

I just want to add.

I don't know about other setups, but for me it fixed it. It's probably related to: "it's not copied until it's pasted" quote.

julienmary commented 7 months ago
  1. Quit flameshot.
  2. Then: rm -rf ~/.config/flameshot

Then try again. This worked for me.

paul1149 commented 7 months ago

Thanks. That didn't work here. Another way to try it without permanently losing your settings is to rename the existing flameshot.ini file.

The behavior is:

Similar behavior when I don't try to paste it into Vivaldi, but rather, simply look for the notification that Clipboard has successfully copied the image. It takes a good 2 minutes for that to happen.

I then thought there might be a conflict with Copy-Q, so I Quit it. But nothing changed.

paul1149 commented 7 months ago

For now I will have to use ksnip for copy operations. I will continue to use my preference, flameshot, for file saves.

leoelrojo commented 7 months ago

I just want to add.

* Flameshot needs to be running in the bg for it to be able to put screenshots in the clipboard.

I don't know about other setups, but for me it fixed it. It's probably related to: "it's not copied until it's pasted" quote.

This worked for me. Ubuntu 22.04 Wayland using AppImage. I manually launched the AppImage so it runs in background, then when using PrintScreen (which executes the AppImage with gui parameter), everything works as expected. I added Flameshot at startup.

amccollister commented 7 months ago

I just want to add.

* Flameshot needs to be running in the bg for it to be able to put screenshots in the clipboard.

I don't know about other setups, but for me it fixed it. It's probably related to: "it's not copied until it's pasted" quote.

This worked for me. Ubuntu 22.04 Wayland using AppImage. I manually launched the AppImage so it runs in background, then when using PrintScreen (which executes the AppImage with gui parameter), everything works as expected. I added Flameshot at startup.

This fix worked for me as well which is odd because I don't recall needing the software to run in the background before this issue arose. Regardless, it works now!

untainsYD commented 1 month ago

will it ever be fixed?