-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue September 14 2004 14:47, Pete wrote: > Hi Gang : > > Is there a way to take screenshots during a Linux installation? > (Like everybody I hate documenting but...) > I know ksnapshot but that is useless if the system is not up and running > yet ...
Not sure if you still are looking for something, but just came across this hack about taking screenshots without using X, but using the console and ImageMagick's import command: To take a snapshot of your desktop, switch to a virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and enter the whole command on one line: chvt 7; sleep 2; import -display :0.0 -window root sshot1.png; chvt 1; The chvt command changes the virtual terminal, and the sleep command gives it time to redraw the screen. The import command captures the whole display and saves it to a file then the last chvt returns the virtual terminal. It says that it can even work on Linux installers which usually has a console running in the background. Load up a floppy or cd with import and the few required libraries, then run accordingly. I did try the first part and it worked great, but have not tried the second part. Thanks to LXF for this hack. The October issue has a section with 58 Cool Hacks. Neil -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBYGwVL5PebEz22pURAqofAKCR83/FWkeRu8ractPNhIHx0sERpACeKsLh 5tyVdy9BY0pSohLreJP1fiw= =wdLc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
