[SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

Jodi42 · 2026-06-13 07:21:18

i updated my system yesterday and now I am seeing that through flameshot I am unable to take any screenshots. I do not what went wrong. Is it alright to post about that here. I do need help in this matter.
from cli:

$ sudo flameshot full
[sudo] password for shobhit:
flameshot: warning: No DBus System Notification service found
flameshot: error: Could not locate the `org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop` service
flameshot: warning: No DBus System Notification service found
flameshot: error: Unable to capture screen
flameshot: warning: No DBus System Notification service found
flameshot: info: Screenshot aborted.

$ flameshot full
flameshot: error: Could not locate the `org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop` service
flameshot: error: Unable to capture screen
flameshot: info: Screenshot aborted.

Last edited by Jodi42 (2026-06-14 01:01:18)

seth · 2026-06-13 07:48:01

Don't randomly sudo stuff - you'll cause more harm than good this way.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=313883

pdorfs · 2026-06-13 11:09:22

Mine doesnt work too,

$ flameshot gui
flameshot: error: Could not locate the `org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop` service
flameshot: error: Unable to capture screen
flameshot: info: Screenshot aborted.

same error as him updated with sudo pacman -Syu today and flameshot doesnt work now.

Last edited by pdorfs (2026-06-13 11:09:39)

seth · 2026-06-13 11:15:09

Mind clicking the link in #2 ?

H3g3m0n · 2026-06-13 11:48:04

Same issue. Fixing xdg-desktop-portal didn't solve it for me, although it changed to the timeout error from complaining about the portal being missing. I threw hermes agent at it which managed to fix it though:

Qwen3.6 35B A3B wrote:

Root cause: Flameshot v14 detects xdg-desktop-portal on the D-Bus session and tries to use the screenshot portal. But no backend provides screenshot support for Awesome WM on X11 (the GTK portal doesn't include it), so the call hangs for 30 seconds then fails.
Fix: Added useX11LegacyScreenshot=true to ~/.config/flameshot/flameshot.ini. This tells flameshot to bypass the portal and use Qt's native X11 screenshot capture instead.
The config now reads:
[General]
...
useX11LegacyScreenshot=true
Tested — flameshot full captures a 5120×1440 PNG successfully. The gui mode (interactive annotation) should also work now since it uses the same underlying capture path.

Last edited by H3g3m0n (2026-06-13 12:01:00)

seth · 2026-06-13 12:21:49

That should be a different issue though, https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/4639

Jodi42 · 2026-06-14 01:00:59

@seth The solution mentioned in your provided link does not work for me too in this case.

[General]
...
useX11LegacyScreenshot=true

This worked

seth · 2026-06-14 07:01:42

Ftr, did the error change like for H3g3m0n ?
(xdg-desktop-portal-gtk doesn't implement the screenshot function)

Jodi42 · 2026-06-15 02:13:09

For me the screenshot screen wasn't even opening up. So the moment i did X11Legacy option, the screenshot screen came alive.

seth · 2026-06-15 07:34:21

All relevant errors would be on the console (no sudo!)

Jodi42 · 2026-06-15 07:59:12

❯ flameshot full
Using deprecated legacy X11 screenshot method. Consider installing xdg-desktop-portal for your desktop.
flameshot: info: Capture saved as /home/shobhit/Pictures/Screenshots/13-28 PM Monday June 15-06-2026 .png

when removed the X11Legacy option, on terminal it gets stuck.

❯ flameshot full


flameshot: error: Screenshot portal timed out after 30 seconds
flameshot: error: Unable to capture screen
flameshot: info: Screenshot aborted.

❯ systemctl --user cat xdg-desktop-portal.service
# /home/shobhit/.config/systemd/user/xdg-desktop-portal.service
[Unit]
Description=Portal service
PartOf=graphical-session.target
# Requisite=graphical-session.target
After=graphical-session.target

[Service]
Type=dbus
BusName=org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop
ExecStart=/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal
Slice=session.slice

Last edited by Jodi42 (2026-06-15 08:01:12)

seth · 2026-06-15 08:21:02

Yup, you're moving from "xdg-desktop-portal doesn't start" to "your portal doesn't do screenshots" (not being handled by flameshot and afaiu there's not even an API to query the available features, so you'd always run into the timeout)

Jodi42 · 2026-06-16 08:44:08

H3g3m0n wrote:

Same issue. Fixing xdg-desktop-portal didn't solve it for me, although it changed to the timeout error from complaining about the portal being missing. I threw hermes agent at it which managed to fix it though:
Qwen3.6 35B A3B wrote:
Root cause: Flameshot v14 detects xdg-desktop-portal on the D-Bus session and tries to use the screenshot portal. But no backend provides screenshot support for Awesome WM on X11 (the GTK portal doesn't include it), so the call hangs for 30 seconds then fails.
Fix: Added useX11LegacyScreenshot=true to ~/.config/flameshot/flameshot.ini. This tells flameshot to bypass the portal and use Qt's native X11 screenshot capture instead.
The config now reads:
[General]
...
useX11LegacyScreenshot=true
Tested — flameshot full captures a 5120×1440 PNG successfully. The gui mode (interactive annotation) should also work now since it uses the same underlying capture path.

For now this solution has worked for me. I am sticking to it until an update drops of flameshot

seth · 2026-06-16 15:39:28

Don't hold your breath - the problem isn't flameshot but xdg-desktop-portal because your implementation doesn't support taking screenshots.
https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/4737
https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/4732

Also https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/4666 and https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/4639

Mavendow · 2026-06-20 18:48:06

For anyone who ended up here from a search, since this thread was my top result:

For me, the /.config/flameshot/ folder was nonexistent. Additionally, running pacman -S flameshot made pacman claim it was doing a fresh installation as opposed to reinstalling like it usually would. I'm not sure if one is related to the other or if the directory never existed to begin with. I was launching flameshot via shell script, so I hadn't bothered with the config until now.

Recreating the directory, flameshot.ini, and adding useX11LegacyScreenshot=true worked as described by H3g3m0n. Thank you.

jcaf · 2026-07-02 23:14:10

Jodi42 wrote:

H3g3m0n wrote:
Same issue. Fixing xdg-desktop-portal didn't solve it for me, although it changed to the timeout error from complaining about the portal being missing. I threw hermes agent at it which managed to fix it though:
This solve for me
Qwen3.6 35B A3B wrote:
Root cause: Flameshot v14 detects xdg-desktop-portal on the D-Bus session and tries to use the screenshot portal. But no backend provides screenshot support for Awesome WM on X11 (the GTK portal doesn't include it), so the call hangs for 30 seconds then fails.
Fix: Added useX11LegacyScreenshot=true to ~/.config/flameshot/flameshot.ini. This tells flameshot to bypass the portal and use Qt's native X11 screenshot capture instead.
The config now reads:
[General]
...
useX11LegacyScreenshot=true
Tested — flameshot full captures a 5120×1440 PNG successfully. The gui mode (interactive annotation) should also work now since it uses the same underlying capture path.
For now this solution has worked for me. I am sticking to it until an update drops of flameshot

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#1 2026-06-13 07:21:18

[SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#2 2026-06-13 07:48:01

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#3 2026-06-13 11:09:22

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#4 2026-06-13 11:15:09

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#5 2026-06-13 11:48:04

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#6 2026-06-13 12:21:49

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#7 2026-06-14 01:00:59

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#8 2026-06-14 07:01:42

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#9 2026-06-15 02:13:09

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#10 2026-06-15 07:34:21

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#11 2026-06-15 07:59:12

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#12 2026-06-15 08:21:02

Re: [SOLVED] After update flameshot is now not taking screenshots.

#13 2026-06-16 08:44:08

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#14 2026-06-16 15:39:28

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#15 2026-06-20 18:48:06

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#16 2026-07-02 23:14:10

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