Prnt Scrn

psyklops · 09-28-2003, 12:31 AM

When I hit the prnt scrn key where would the screen shot be sent to on a RH linux install? And what could I use to view it?

XavierP · 09-28-2003, 05:25 AM

If print screen works it should work in the same way it does in Win - open a program and paste in the image.

Or use the start->graphics->screen capture program in RH9. This will take a snapshot of your desktop and you can save it anywhere.

Thymox · 09-28-2003, 07:55 PM

As far as I am aware, the printscreen button is not assigned to 'screen shot' mode in Linux because as a button it can be used in console-only mode too, and a screenshot taken there wouldn't work! If you want to, though, you can get the keycode for it and make it take a screenshot. In fact, I think I'll do that now. Cheers for the thought

I use xbindkeys, so I just added an entry for the key with the following command:
import -window root "~/files/images/screens/screenshot-`date`.jpg"
and it works a treat.