Screenshot through SSH help

EnVoy · 04-04-2003, 12:24 PM

I'm SSH'ing to my Linux box at home, and trying to take a screenshot.
I type this in the CLI:

import -window root /somedirectory/picture.jpg

and get this:

import: UnableToOpenXServer ().

I get the same when I try it this way:

import -window root root.jpeg

What gives?

iceman47 · 04-04-2003, 04:24 PM

when you ssh to another box, you're not using x.
import on works if you are in an X environment

EnVoy · 04-04-2003, 04:34 PM

Ah Ha!

So, how would you do it through SSH?

iceman47 · 04-04-2003, 04:59 PM

don't know how to take a screenshot without X, but you could take a screenshot of the window you're running your ssh connection in.
KDE and GNOME have their own programs, there's import and xwd

macewan · 04-04-2003, 09:05 PM

you could try using scrot
$ scrot

nxny · 04-05-2003, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by EnVoy
Ah Ha!

So, how would you do it through SSH?

export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
( or whatever display your target X server is running on. )
followed by your import.