CTRL + SHIFT + PrtScn has suddenly stopped working.
I'm still able to select an area, but the image is never copied to the clipboard.
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.
For me, this problem occurred when I was not starting gnome-settings-daemon. I am using the Awesome window manager and my setup scripts did not start gnome-settings-daemon. For me, just running gnome-settings-daemon &
in a terminal fixed it. The better solution was to make my Awesome WM startup scripts start it, which makes it automatic.
If you are using the standard Gnome setup (i.e., not using a separate window manager), then this solution probably doesn't apply to you.
gnome-screenshot -c -a -e shadow
for super-fast screenshot region sharing.
which gnome-settings-daemon
returns nothing. ps -ef --forest --cols=10000 | grep gnome-settings
returns lots of things like /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-keyboard
so perhaps this advice is now no longer applicable in recent Ubuntu's?
I had the same issue (v16 with cinnamon) and I solved by adding custom shortcuts to the command @moondboom posted in the comment:
Go to Keyboard > Shortcuts > Custom shortcuts > Add custom shortcut
gnome-screenshot -c -a -e shadow
CTRL
+SHIFT
+PrtScn
does copy to the clipboard on my Ubuntu 17.10 running Gnome (some version I don't know how to find out), butSHIFT
+PrtScn
does not copy it to the clipboard