Ubuntu – Ubuntu taking Random Screenshots

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This probably sounds crazy, but at random times, Ubuntu 11.10 takes a ton of screenshots at the same time, and then more after that. You hear the clicking sound repeatedly and the dialogue pops up over and over and over. This totally crashes the OS, I had to boot into Windows to be able to post this. I haven't installed anything recently that could be causing this, is there a solution?

EDIT: It's just the regular print key shortcut, and I'm on a laptop so I'll make sure the key is Okay. The screenshot plugin in CCSM is disabled. This was happening a few days ago but it stopped, so I'll just disable it if it happens again. Thanks for the help! 🙂

Best Answer

Troubleshooting steps:

  • Double check that your "Print Screen" key isn't physically stuck, or mapped to another function,
  • Check settings > keyboard > shortcuts > screenshots and make sure you don't have a special key mapping there,
  • Check your Compiz config settings (Put "compiz" in the launcher and the settings manager should come up.) for the "Screenshot plugin" and try disabling that if it is enabled.

If none of that works clues you in to the problem and it starts happening again, try ctrl-alt-F2 -- that will get you a clean console where you can log in and run "top" to note what's actively running in TTY7. To get back to Gnome/Unity, just do ctrl-alt-F7.

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