It is sad but true: More than two years later in netpbm (2:10.0-15.3) of Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS the bug is still not fixed :-(
Fortunately, there is another tool set (ImageMagick) which has a working conversion tool (convert). So one can convert xwd output to file.png by executing: xwd -root -display :0 | convert xwd:- file.png I attached file "test.xwd" which shows the bug of xwdtopnm ** Attachment added: "This XWD Screen dump of my display shows xwdtopnm bug" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netpbm-free/+bug/1379480/+attachment/4806300/+files/test.xwd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1379480 Title: xwdtopnm generates bad pnm files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netpbm-free/+bug/1379480/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
