Flameshot tool only works through terminal

tekmonkey · November 21, 2024, 10:44am

Hey, for the longest time ever, I have had a gnome shortcut (set through the keyboard) to launch the command flameshot gui

Currently, pressing it, i get nothing happening.

Secondly, selecting “take screenshot” from the dropdown menu from the flameshot app in the panel also does nothing

However, if i open a terminal (kitty, gnome terminal, etc, doesnt matter) and just hit the command flameshot gui, it works perfectly

Anyone know how i can debug or get an error message out of it or something?

joekamprad · November 21, 2024, 11:09am

will be a permission issue flameshot build with qt not gtk… workaround is to use something that readds tray icons (extension)

in case trigger permssion request by opening the launcher option?
Or use the flatpak version., seems to work too

kagetora13 · November 22, 2024, 4:23am

If you use firejail and gnome desktop you will also see the following bug which prevents flameshot from running from command line:

github.com/netblue30/firejail

flameshot: MESA: error: Failed to query drm device (intel/no3d)

opened 07:26AM - 08 Sep 24 UTC

Dieterbe

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### Description flameshot doesn't seem to start under firejail. although i th…ink it may create an invisible task applet icon which doesn't respond to clicks. ### Steps to Reproduce ``` ~ ❯❯❯ LC_ALL=C firejail /usr/bin/flameshot Could not create AF_NETLINK socket (Operation not supported) Could not create AF_NETLINK socket (Operation not supported) Could not create AF_NETLINK socket (Operation not supported) Could not create AF_NETLINK socket (Operation not supported) Could not create AF_NETLINK socket (Operation not supported) MESA: error: Failed to query drm device. glx: failed to create dri3 screen failed to load driver: iris failed to open /dev/dri/card1: No such file or directory failed to load driver: iris Could not create AF_NETLINK socket (Operation not supported) Could not create AF_NETLINK socket (Operation not supported) ``` ### Behavior without a profile ``` ~ ❯❯❯ LC_ALL=C firejail --noprofile /usr/bin/flameshot firejail version 0.9.73 Parent pid 22504, child pid 22505 Base filesystem installed in 0.03 ms Child process initialized in 11.18 ms ``` now the app works fine. applet icon shows and responds and the app takes screenshots ### Environment I use arch, btw ``` ~ ❯❯❯ uname -a Linux xps17 6.10.6-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:02:39 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux ~ ❯❯❯ firejail --version firejail version 0.9.73 Compile time support: - always force nonewprivs support is disabled - AppArmor support is enabled - AppImage support is enabled - chroot support is enabled - D-BUS proxy support is enabled - file transfer support is enabled - IDS support is disabled - Landlock support is enabled - networking support is enabled - output logging is enabled - overlayfs support is disabled - private-home support is enabled - private-lib support is disabled - private-cache and tmpfs as user enabled - SELinux support is disabled - user namespace support is enabled - X11 sandboxing support is enabled ``` - Linux distribution and version (e.g. "Ubuntu 20.04" or "Arch Linux") - Firejail version (`firejail --version`). - If you use a development version of firejail, also the commit from which it was compiled (`git rev-parse HEAD`). ### Checklist  - [x] The issues is caused by firejail (i.e. running the program by path (e.g. `/usr/bin/vlc`) "fixes" it). - [x] I can reproduce the issue without custom modifications (e.g. globals.local). - [x] The program has a profile. (If not, request one in `https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1139`) - [x] The profile (and redirect profile if exists) hasn't already been fixed [upstream](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/tree/master/etc). - [x] I have performed a short search for similar issues (to avoid opening a duplicate). - [ ] I'm aware of `browser-allow-drm yes`/`browser-disable-u2f no` in `firejail.config` to allow DRM/U2F in browsers. - [ ] I used `--profile=PROFILENAME` to set the right profile. (Only relevant for AppImages) ### Log <details> <summary>Output of <code>LC_ALL=C firejail --debug /path/to/program</code></summary> <p>  ``` hmm this shows a lot of stuff from my system. is this necessary? ``` </p> </details>

joekamprad · November 22, 2024, 11:23am

nothing really let it work 100% properly…
you can work around adding it to autostarter with gnome-tweaks plus using tray icons reloaded…

linux_user · April 26, 2025, 7:18pm

You can use this commands https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/3340#issuecomment-1916974573, after that Flameshot started working properly even if it was launched from app screen.

DenalB · April 27, 2025, 3:05pm

How did you do this? What was the keyboard shortcut? I created the following shortcuts, and it worked in Gnome.

Flameshot Screenshot → script --command "flameshot gui" /dev/null → PRINT
Flameshot Fullscreen → script --command "flameshot full -c" /dev/null → ALT PRINT