For me, it occurs always when using rectangular selection. But gnome- screenshot does not hang, it continues working, leaving save/copy to clipboard dialog and barely visible transparent window.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1392053/+attachment/4431896/+files/overlay.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screenshot in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1392053 Title: gnome-screenshot sometimes hangs leaving a transparent white square over the screen Status in gnome-screenshot package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Sometimes after taking some screenshots gnome-screenshots hangs and leaves a transparent white filled zone over my screen. The PrintScreen key does not work anymore in that situation. If I kill the gnome-screenshot process the white zone disappears and the PrintScreen key becomes functional again. I am using Ubuntu 14.10 with Unity. It comes with gnome-screenshot 3.10.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1392053/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
