Print screen short-cut not working (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)

Question

The print-screen short-cut is set to be the Print-screen button, but when I press on it, it does not work. Any clues?

Any help will greatly be appreciated Thank you

It has also been reported in bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1295994 — saji89, Jul 29 '15 at 10:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 29 '15 at 10:23

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Try this shortcut key:
Alt + Print Screen

edited Jul 29 '15 at 10:23

kiri

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answered Sep 03 '14 at 05:10

Sunil Singh Bora

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 12 '14 at 03:14

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You should try this : Enable Unity Plugin in Compiz Setting Manager to use Print-Screen key.

answered Jun 12 '14 at 03:14

LVHoanh

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 16 '14 at 12:07

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Install compizconfig-settings-manager:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Open (start up) the compizconfig-settings-manager:

ccsm

Select "Gnome Compatibility" and go to the "Commands" tab.

Under the first option, "Screenshot command line", it should say "Print".

Click on the pencil next to "Print" to edit this to something else.

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Hi. I did that with no result. It is weird that it used to work, and suddenly, it does not work anymore. Yes, I restarted. – nephewtom Apr 09 '15 at 12:56
@tomasorti if you are using 14.04+, you nolonger use the gnome-compatibility plugin with unity. If you want to change keybindings, you can set keybindings in ccsm, I believe it's under general options and you must include the command line for the option. – mchid Apr 13 '15 at 18:33

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 16 '14 at 11:07

i would like to modify the above command to install CpmpizConfig Settings Manger. The above mentioned command by @mchid is not working and won't be: to install CompizConfig Settings Manger use:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins-extra

This commands worsk, I've tested this one personally. And if in case, it dose't work, use:

sudo apt-get install synaptic

and then:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins-extra

after installing, go to dashboard and search for "CCSM" or enter ccsm in the terminal.

Print screen short-cut not working (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)

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