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Subject: Re: Capture screen shot of (root) Xwindow 
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> 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



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