GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 352379
Secondary screen not captured in Xinerama mode
Last modified: 2009-02-10 16:03:51 UTC
Please describe the problem: On a setup using xinerama I have found that the gnome-screenshot tool does not capture the image from both displays. Instead you just get a black box where the image of the second screen should be. Steps to reproduce: 1. setup xinerama 2. log into gnome 3. press "Print Screen" Actual results: The screenshot is produced in the normal way, but there is a black box where the secondary/other screen should be Expected results: I would expect the screenshot to have the two images of the screens joined together as one image. Does this happen every time? Yes Other information:
I originally opened this bug some time ago. I have found it to be fixed in subsequent version of Gnome, although I have not tested it recently. This bug can likely be tested and marked as fixed relatively quickly.
Created attachment 71473 [details] Screen shot of problem Evidence of bug. mallchin@blueyonder.co.uk , I believe your issue was a different issue (which is why i opened this bug)
Yes, this appears different then my bug.
I have a similar bug with Ubuntu Edgy Beta. The difference is that it's not a black box but transparent on the right side. It is saved as transparent when saving as png-file. However, using Alt+Print for a window that is on the right monitor works perfectly.
I can confirm this bug. I am on the latest Edgy, and have a asymmetrical dual monitor set up using Xinerama (Primary: 1024x768, Secondary: 1280x960). When [Prt Scr] is pressed, gnome-screenshot starts and shows the attached shot. [Alt]+[Prt Scr] works on both screens.
Created attachment 75436 [details] The "Save Screenshot" app.
Yey ! even i hit this bug :( Using FC6 - gnome 2.16 gimp works as suggested. is any other additional information required ?
Still there on Ubuntu Feisty Herd 2 (gnome-utils package version 2.17.1-0ubuntu1)
moving target according to comments.
I'm tickled this is still active, I opened it some 3 or more years ago. Still not fixed? :)
reproducable across distributions, confimning report retitling slightly
yes, reproducible on rawhide with asymmetric xinerama display setup. strangely, gimp works w.r.t. desktop screenshot.
*** Bug 406932 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This should actually be easy to fix. We already know the display to use, we just need to capture the root window for each screen. The only hard bit is stitching all the screens back together, and knowing the layout of those.
confirmed on gnome 2.18.1 / gentoo with a GeForce 7600GS with 2 x 1680x1050 screens.
duplicate of bug 166485 ?
I believe this bug is a duplicate of : http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166485 Which contains a patch which resolves this issue AFAICS :)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 166485 ***