Saturday, October 10, 2026

Flameshot gui does not start in xfce4: Screenshot portal timed out after 30 seconds

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

Make its config file:

mkdir -p ~/.config/flameshot
nano ~/.config/flameshot/flameshot.ini

with content of:

[General]
useX11LegacyScreenshot=true