Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:08:12 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com>, Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1008623569.137ec8@mired.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Capture screen shot of (root) Xwindow Message-ID: <200112130008.fBD08Cd12647@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Dec 2001 15:50:03 CST." <20011212155003.A20863@polands.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 01:29:30PM -0800, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > > At Wed, 12 Dec 2001 it looks like Mike Meyer composed: > > > > > > > Personally, I use gimp's "capture" feature. It looks like the "import" > > > command is part of ImageMagick. Both are available in the ports tree. > > > > > > <mike > > > > Thanks Mike, I just found the GIMP tool and attempted to use the > > capture screen shot and got an error that said: > > > > Screenshot: xwd didn't work > > > > Any idea on how to trace that to the problem? Thanks > > > You may want to try xv. It can capture a screen too. The only issue with xv is that it was shareware. It requires a license fee to the author. I have licensed it, but many people use it without even realizing that it needs to be paid for. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200112130008.fBD08Cd12647>