On 11/15/15, Ingo Bürk <ad...@airblader.de> wrote: > Hi, > > the command works fine for me. What version if i3 are you running? ii i3 1:201510302301+git36-minos~ubuntu14.04.1 amd64 metapackage (i3 window manager, screen locker, menu, statusbar) ii i3-wm 1:201510302301+git36-minos~ubuntu14.04.1 amd64 improved dynamic tiling window manager ii i3lock 1:201502121131+git3-minos~ubuntu14.04.1 amd64 improved screen locker ii i3status 2.9-2~~trusty1 amd64 Generates a status line for dzen2, xmobar or i3bar
> Is > your Xorg up to date? For Ubuntu 14.04, yes! ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 amd64 X.Org X server > Also, judging from the xwd source code, maybe you can try adding > "-icmap" to the arguments. I shall try with that flag. however it works fine with other WMs except i3. > > > Ingo > > On 11/15/2015 09:47 AM, Zenny wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am having problem to take screenshot with xwd*** only in a full >> screenshot mode (but selective screenshot works). This only happens >> with i3, but not with other window managers. Please find the log >> below, fyi. >> >> >> ***PS: I am aware of other tools like scrot, maim and what not, but I >> need this specific xwd to capture a virtual screen running in a >> frambuffer with xvfb which others do not support, if you have any >> tools that can screencapture a virtual x server, let me know. >> Apprexciate that. >> >> >> USER@MACHINE:~/Downloads/xwd$ xwd -root -out i3screenshot_xwd.xwd >> X Error of failed request: BadColor (invalid Colormap parameter) >> Major opcode of failed request: 91 (X_QueryColors) >> Resource id in failed request: 0x0 >> Serial number of failed request: 166 >> Current serial number in output stream: 166 >> USER@MACHINE:~/Downloads/xwd$ xwd > i3screenshot_xwd_frame.xwd >> USER@MACHINE:~/Downloads/xwd$ ls -la i3screenshot*.xwd >> -rw-rw-r-- 1 USER USER 3995469 Nov 15 08:33 i3screenshot_xwd_frame.xwd >> -rw-rw-r-- 1 USER USER 0 Nov 15 08:33 i3screenshot_xwd.xwd >> >> Any inputs appreciated! >> >> Cheers. >> /z > >