[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
I have filed a new bug report for the screenshot feature. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/772336 I have also implemented a working prototype of the feature which is attached in the comments. It would be great to get some feedback before I start integrating it in apport. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
I received a reply from the author of Shutter. He gave me a sample perl script which allows to take screenshot of a window. But it requires libgnome2-wnck-perl (if using the perl script) or libwnck (if writing code in C). I wonder if these libraries are included with Ubuntu when shipping ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
Thanks :) Another option is to use xwd and xwdtopnm utilities but it doesn't work the way it should. However, there is a screenshot taking application Shutter, it also provides the capability of pointing at a window and taking its screenshot. Its written in Perl and I cannot read Perl code :) It would be interesting to ask the developer of Shutter how it achieves this functionality. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
As far as taking screenshot is concerned, how about this ? import -window `xwininfo |grep 'Window id:' |cut -d -f4` screenshot.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
Wow, that's really cool! However, import is provided by imagemagick which isn't included by default with most Ubuntu installations. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
Here is the updated patch as Martin had suggested that changes be made in apport/ui.py rather than in the shell wraper. ** Patch added: updated patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/357847/+attachment/1914550/+files/apport-bug-357847-updated.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
** Branch linked: lp:apport -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = In Progress ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Abhinav Upadhyay (er-abhinav-upadhyay) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
** Branch linked: lp:~er-abhinav- upadhyay/ubuntu/natty/apport/bugfix-357847 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
I added support for -x (for xprop ?) option to the bin/apport-bug script, which will enable user to point at the problematic window and generate a crash report for that application. I used Matt Zimmerman's idea of implementation in the code as discussed above However, the idea of adding ability for taking screenshot is still left as gnome-screenshot does not provide any straight forward functionality to do this. It would require the user to select the window twice, (first time for xprops, and 2nd time for gnome-screenshot). I think doing this will cross the scope of a bitesize bug :-). ** Patch added: Patch for bug 357847 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/357847/+attachment/1906658/+files/apport-bugfix-357847.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 11:57:27PM -, Robert Roth wrote: @Matt Zimmerman: Wouldn't this cause data privacy problems? The current window, thus the screenshot could contain sensitive information. So long as the user knows what's happening and consents, I don't see a problem. -- - mdz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
@Matt Zimmerman: Wouldn't this cause data privacy problems? The current window, thus the screenshot could contain sensitive information. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 Title: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
It was suggested in a UDS session today that a good addition to this feature would be to grab a screenshot of the window. I don't think this is trivial with gnome-screenshot, but it should be possible to add the needed functionality -- ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
** Tags added: bitesize -- ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
Matt Zimmerman came up with this idea as well, he made a quick sketch how it could look like: -- 8 -- zenity --title=Select window --question --text=Please click on the window where you see the problem. zenity_pid=$! window_pid=$(xprop _NET_WM_PID |cut -d= -f2) kill $zenity_pid if [ -z $window_pid ]; then echo Sorry. 2 exit 1 fi exec ubuntu-bug $window_pid -- ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
Similar to bug 85170, but not quite the same. Actually, I think this xprop feature mainly could be useful for apps which don't have a Report a bug menu entry, like the Gnome Mouse Properties dialog. Matt Zimmerman came up with this idea as well, he made a quick sketch how it could look like: Looks good to me! -- ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
Similar to bug 85170, but not quite the same. ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged -- ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 357847] Re: ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application
** Attachment added: ApportLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25046368/ApportLog.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25046369/Dependencies.txt -- ubuntu-bug wish: allow to just point at the window of a buggy application https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
