Taking Screenshot

numtre · 01-17-2009, 07:01 PM

I have a problem with the utility to take screenshot , built in in ubuntu

it does take the screenshot, but also it takes a screenshot of its window...

can you help?

David the H. · 01-17-2009, 10:19 PM

Hmm, when I try it (and I'm assuming you're talking about gnome-screenshot here), I don't get the gscreenshot app window. It disappears before the shot is taken.

In any case, you can run "gnome-screenshot -i" which brings up an interactive dialog that allows you to set a delay or snap only a single window.

If you want something more feature-rich, you might take a look at gscrot.

mrclisdue · 01-17-2009, 10:37 PM

This link will give you many ways to take a screenshot:

Code:

http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-ubuntu-linux

In a terminal, it's as simple as:

Code:

import -window root MyScreenshot2.png

, but as you'll read, you can add the 'sleep' command to allow you to close/open windows, etc., before taking the shot.

cheers,

numtre · 01-18-2009, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David the H.

Hmm, when I try it (and I'm assuming you're talking about gnome-screenshot here), I don't get the gscreenshot app window. It disappears before the shot is taken.

In any case, you can run "gnome-screenshot -i" which brings up an interactive dialog that allows you to set a delay or snap only a single window.

If you want something more feature-rich, you might take a look at gscrot.

gscrot rules!
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