Screenshot save to file works as expected but copy to clipboard produces an invalid image (linux sway)

[cfsmp3]

Flameshot Version

Flameshot v12.1.0 (Debian 12.1.0-1)
Compiled with Qt 5.15.4
linux: 6.2.0-060200-generic
ubuntu: 22.10

Installation Type

Using the ready-made package from Github Releases

Operating System type and version

ubuntu: 22.10

Description

When I get a screenshot of anything if I save it to disk then resulting file is what you'd expect. However if I capture the exact same thing as copy to clipboard, for example to paste it on slack or email, the resulting blob is invalid.

From what I'm seeing, it's exactly 8 KB (8192). Possibly it's just being cut short.

Steps to reproduce

1. Assuming flameshot is already running and there's an icon on the bar
2. Right-click, select "Take screenshot"
3. Select area
4. Click on the icon to copy to clipboard
5. Paste in destination, for example slack or email

Screenshots or screen recordings

Attached more or less the same selection, one saving to disk (works), one saving to clipboard, pasting it into slack, and downloading what slack received.

System Information

This is Ubuntu Desktop 22.10 with the Regolith packages, using sway (not i3) ie Wayland.

Did all the sway config stuff for flameshot which other than this is working fine.

[mmahmoudian]

Please also provide your config file (~/.config/flameshot/flameshot.ini)

[cfsmp3]

~/.config/flameshot/flameshot.ini

✦ ❯ cat ~/.config/flameshot/flameshot.ini
[General]
buttons=@Variant(\0\0\0\x7f\0\0\0\vQList<int>\0\0\0\0\x14\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1\0\0\0\x2\0\0\0\x3\0\0\0\x4\0\0\0\x5\0\0\0\x6\0\0\0\x12\0\0\0\xf\0\0\0\x16\0\0\0\x13\0\0\0\t\0\0\0\x10\0\0\0\n\0\0\0\v\0\0\0\r\0\0\0\x17\0\0\0\xe\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\x11)
contrastOpacity=188

[GaetanLepage]

I observe the same behavior.

Information:

• OS: linux NixOS unstable
• Sway
• Configuration:

[General]
disabledTrayIcon=true
drawColor=#ff0000
drawFontSize=23
drawThickness=3
savePath=/home/gaetan/downloads
savePathFixed=false
showDesktopNotification=false
showHelp=false
uiColor=#ffffff

[remicorniere]

Same for me.
Info:

• OS: fedora 38
• Sway
• Config:

[General]
contrastOpacity=188
disabledTrayIcon=false
drawColor=#ff0000
drawFontSize=8
drawThickness=7
savePath=/home/my_username/Pictures
savePathFixed=false
showStartupLaunchMessage=true
startupLaunch=true

[AkechiShiro]

Same behavior on my side under Sway this tends to happen sometimes after a specific display configuration, it does not always happen. I have not pinpointed the issue. Saving the screenshot on the disk does work properly.

@mmahmoudian any way we can further investigate this issue and pinpoint the problem ?

[navaneeth-dev]

Same issue here