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Bug 692386 - Selecting 0✕0 screenshot area produces "All possible methods failed" error message
Selecting 0✕0 screenshot area produces "All possible methods failed" error me...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-screenshot
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-screenshot-maint
gnome-screenshot-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-01-23 13:52 UTC by Robert Roth
Modified: 2013-01-23 15:44 UTC
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Description Robert Roth 2013-01-23 13:52:36 UTC 
Originally reported by Matthew Paul Thomas at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1102484

1. Launch Screenshot.
2. Choose "Select area to grab", then "Take Screenshot".
3. Click on the screen, without dragging at all.

What happens: An error messaging appears, "Unable to capture a screenshot" "All possible methods failed".

What should happen: The Screenshot window reappears for you to try again or choose different options.

If starting gnome-screenshot from the console with gnome-screenshot -i the following log messages appear:

(gnome-screenshot:13365): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_from_surface: assertion `width > 0 && height > 0' failed

(gnome-screenshot:13365): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_window_resize: assertion `width > 0' failed

** (gnome-screenshot:13365): CRITICAL **: Unable to capture a screenshot of any window
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2013-01-23 15:44:46 UTC 
Thanks for the report, I implemented these suggestions (and fixed the error message) in git master now.