Michael wrote: > > On 23 Nov, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I made this groovy looking xdm login screen and now I want to make a > > screen shot of it. On the screenshot I want the background picture, > > the xlogin widget, and the xconsole. If I try to do this with > > `xwd -root -display :0' from a vc, all I get is a black picture. The > > -screen option doesn't help. I also had no luck starting xv -display :0 > > from a vc and making the dump with that (all input was directed to the > > xlogin widget). Any suggestions? > > Try sticking a command into the xdm setup files, after having started > all the glitzy stuff, use something like xwd or import > (in imagemagick packages, IIRC) to catch the pic to file. I have my > system set up to do just this, if you want it I can look up exactly how I > did it (none too good memory and not on my Linux machine at the moment)
I tried it already. Finally discovered that xwd doesn't work at all on my system if the xserver (svga, diamond viper 330) runs in 16 bit. I could get the screen dump in 8 bit using `xwd -root -display :0' from a vc. I'll have to look into that import command. The fact that xwd doesn't work in 16 bit, is that `well known' (I think traditionally X only had 8 and 24 bit modes), a bug in xwd, or a bug in the xserver? Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
