Long time listener, first time post-er.  :)

You could just try to cat the framebuffer to a raw file and run that thru 
imagemagick (or photoshop) to see what's going on. 

cat /dev/fb0 > output.raw

Of course, if you're doing things thru omxplayer or something else like 
that, perhaps the framebuffer will not have anything interesting in it. 
 (just tried that here and got a black image).

...hope that's a little helpful to you!

Here's a reference that may be helpful (see the last post):
http://www.cnx-software.com/2010/07/18/how-to-do-a-framebuffer-screenshot/

--dan

On Thursday, October 23, 2014 7:41:39 AM UTC-5, farnsaw wrote:
>
> Oooh, just found a different article on VNC for the Pi that looks 
> helpful.  I'll try it later today and let you know what I find.
>
> More as it happens...
>
> Andy
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> I did try VNC at one point and found that it would start and run showing 
>> me a desktop but not what was on the active display.  I am not sure if it 
>> was misconfigured or if I was doing something wrong.  I am running chromium 
>> in "app" mode though I doubt this would have any real affect on it.
>>
>> More as it happens...
>>
>> Andy Farnsworth
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Gibson Prichard <[email protected] 
>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is VNC not an option for the Pi?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, October 23, 2014, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected] 
>>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a Raspberry Pi running as a controller for a dashboard and I 
>>>> have heard reports that that it is not displaying correctly... the problem 
>>>> is that the dashboard is 500 miles away so I need a way to remotely take a 
>>>> screenshot of what is displayed so I can download it and see the issue.  
>>>> Alternatively, a way to watch live what the screen is showing (aka screen 
>>>> sharing) would be helpful too.  I have found several ways of displaying an 
>>>> X windows screen on my local computer but not one that attaches to an 
>>>> already running display.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> More as it happens...
>>>>
>>>> Andy Farnsworth
>>>>
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