After an evaluation, GNOME has moved from Bugzilla to GitLab. Learn more about GitLab.
No new issues can be reported in GNOME Bugzilla anymore.
To report an issue in a GNOME project, go to GNOME GitLab.
Do not go to GNOME Gitlab for: Bluefish, Doxygen, GnuCash, GStreamer, java-gnome, LDTP, NetworkManager, Tomboy.
Bug 705786 - The shortcut 'Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R' to record a screencast isn't working
The shortcut 'Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R' to record a screencast isn't working
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 707308
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.9.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-08-11 08:30 UTC by Yosef Or Boczko
Modified: 2013-09-05 00:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: 3.10
GNOME version: ---


Description Yosef Or Boczko 2013-08-11 08:30:19 UTC 
The shortcut 'Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R' to record a screencast isn't working.
Other shortcuts they working.
Comment 1 Yosef Or Boczko 2013-08-11 08:32:05 UTC 
I was forgot:
Tested on gnome-shell from master (3.9.x), with gnome-settings-daemon and mutter from master.
Comment 2 André Klapper 2013-08-11 15:49:03 UTC 
Where is that shortcut listed?
Comment 3 Jasper St. Pierre (not reading bugmail) 2013-08-11 16:04:58 UTC 
It should be listed in the control center.
Comment 4 Yosef Or Boczko 2013-08-11 16:07:17 UTC 
Yes, gnome-control-center -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts tab ->
Screenshots -> Record a screencast.
Comment 5 Yosef Or Boczko 2013-08-17 18:37:05 UTC 
This still happen, also after some change of Jasper in gnome-control-center, gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-control-center on this issues.
Comment 6 Matthias Clasen 2013-08-26 03:58:18 UTC 
I am seeing this too in my ostree vm.
dbus-monitor confirms that g-s-d is sending the right Screencast call over the bus, but I get gstreamer parsing errors from the shell in the journal, complaining about 'no element vp8enc'
Comment 7 Elad Alfassa 2013-09-04 14:22:27 UTC 
I talked with Yosef about this, and it seems that on his machine alt+shift was configured as a "modifier only input source switch". When he disabled it, the Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R shortcut started working again. I think the bug Matthias is seeing is a different bug, probably related to missing gstreamer plugins.

I understand that having alt+shift as a input source switching combo will prevent the shell from ever capturing ctrl+alt+shift+R. 

I suggest changing the recording key-combo to Super+R, it makes more sense, it's easier to do with one hand, and we want all system shortcuts to be with the Super key in order to reserve other keys for applications. See https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/KeyboardShortcuts for more information from a design POV.
Comment 8 Matthias Clasen 2013-09-05 00:10:35 UTC 
Trying again with 3.9.91, I get the following in the journal:

Sep 04 20:07:44 golem gnome-session[23614]: (gnome-shell:23739): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: TypeError: Shell.Recorder is not a constructor
Sep 04 20:07:44 golem gnome-session[23614]: ScreencastService<._ensureRecorderForSender@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/screencast.js:56
Sep 04 20:07:44 golem gnome-session[23614]: wrapper@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:213
Sep 04 20:07:44 golem gnome-session[23614]: ScreencastService<.ScreencastAsync@/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/screencast.js:110
Sep 04 20:07:44 golem gnome-session[23614]: wrapper@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:213
Sep 04 20:07:44 golem gnome-session[23614]: _handleMethodCall@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/overrides/Gio.js:315
Sep 04 20:07:44 golem gnome-session[23614]: @/usr/share/gjs-1.0/overrides/Gio.js:346
Comment 9 Matthias Clasen 2013-09-05 00:13:06 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 707308 ***