it seems as xdm -root | convert - screen.png
works just fine.
Thanks,
Jerry
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:
> Yes I am running as root. If I try as a user I get the same behavior.
>
> Two things here.
> If on my desktop in a gnome window I run
On 1/13/2017 12:51 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:
Yes I am running as root. If I try as a user I get the same behavior.
Two things here.
If on my desktop in a gnome window I run "import -silent -window root
screen.png" I get a file.
However if I run the command using a shell script on a machine its not
On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:51:08 -0500
Jerry Geis wrote:
> However if I run the command using a shell script on a machine its not
> working.
> So in my script I have:
> export DISPLAY=:0.0
> /usr/bin/import -silent -window root screen.png
Does the machine you're running the shell script on have an
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:45 PM, fred roller wrote:
> Just curious, are you running as root?
>
nvm, head was somewhere else.
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:45:46 -0500
fred roller wrote:
> > -window root
>
>
> Just curious, are you running as root?
In that context -window root means the root window, i.e. your desktop. Nothing
to do with the root user.
See this for clarification:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_window
Yes I am running as root. If I try as a user I get the same behavior.
Two things here.
If on my desktop in a gnome window I run "import -silent -window root
screen.png" I get a file.
However if I run the command using a shell script on a machine its not
working.
So in my script I have:
export
On 1/13/2017 12:18 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:
However - I am still not able to get a screen shot - it resulting png is
just black or black.
export DISPLAY=:0.0
import -silent -window root screen.png
what is $DISPLAY *before* you set that?
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On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Frank Cox
wrote:
> -window root
Just curious, are you running as root?
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:18:42 -0500
Jerry Geis wrote:
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import -silent -window root screen.png
I got a screenshot showing my current desktop.
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Ok - I thought maybe the beep was due to error - but apparently not.
I have found how to disable the beep with the -silent option
However - I am still not able to get a screen shot - it resulting png is
just black or black.
export DISPLAY=:0.0
import -silent -window root screen.png
the file is
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