Screen capture blocking

Hi,

I love the interface of the built-in screenshot/capture tool in Zorin, but..

My entire computer gets stuck after a few seconds.. Often times I need to reboot. Alt-F4, Ctrl-alt-delete, nothing helps. The screenshot above of course does not say much, as the computer is entirely blocked.

When I press the power button, the entire screen flickers like mad. Really strange. Then I proceed to force shutdown. Sometimes I am able to take a screenshot, sometimes. I don't know under which circumstances this happens. Hopefully someone can help?

About my system:

  • NVIDIA Corporation GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] / Mesa
  • Driver installed is: NVIDIA metapackage from nvidia-driver-535 (propietary)
  • system runs on X11/Xorg (''Zorin Desktop on Xorg'')

The built-in screen capture is buggy as hell. It's not recommendable to use. Instead use "GPU Recorder" or "OBS".

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If you want a tool with which you can also edit the screenshots (e.g. make markers, blur areas...) you can install flameshot, shutter or ksnip. The integrated Gnome tool often causes problems.

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Do You have Fractional Scaling active? If yes, disable it and try it again. Another Option would be to install a different Nvidia Driver and check if it make a Difference. But when everything runs except this ... Could You tell us more about Your Hardware specs? I mean CPU, RAM etc.

And did You take a Look in the Logs when that happens?

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The fractional scaling was on indeed. This resolved the issue! Great help, thanks a lot!

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... and Spectacle.

SimpleScreenRecorder works for me every time, and its an APT package.