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shubhamatkal

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Registered: 2024-05-19

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not able to take screenshot using flameshot

i am using dwm tiling manager and have arch linux i installed flameshot, but whenever i try to run flameshot gui it gives error as Failed to create wl_display (No such file or directory)
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in "" even though it was found.
flameshot: error: Unable to detect desktop environment (GNOME? KDE? Sway? ...)
flameshot: error: Hint: try setting the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP environment variable.
pls help

note:solved

Last edited by shubhamatkal (2024-06-02 09:27:50)

geekandnix

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Re: not able to take screenshot using flameshot

Try from the terminal:

export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=dwm
flameshot gui

guess

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Registered: 2024-05-17

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Re: not able to take screenshot using flameshot

are you using an xorg window manager and got an error in the wayland plugin? perhaps this appears to be a configuration error. Flameshot is trying to use a "wayland" version but you are using x11.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Flameshot see the 2.5 section

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shubhamatkal

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Registered: 2024-05-19

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Re: not able to take screenshot using flameshot

are you using an xorg window manager and got an error in the wayland plugin? perhaps this appears to be a configuration error. Flameshot is trying to use a "wayland" version but you are using x11.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Flameshot see the 2.5 section

yes that was the issue, thanks

AndrewCarsten

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Registered: 2024-05-27

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Re: not able to take screenshot using flameshot

are you using an xorg window manager and got an error in the wayland plugin? perhaps this appears to be a configuration error. Flameshot is trying to use a "wayland" version but you are using x11.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Flameshotdownload lagu see the 2.5 section

yes that was the issue, thanks

Is that your problem solved sir? I'm have some issue like this.. Please answer me.. Thank you