Revision as of 06:34, 9 August 2007

Screen Grab, Screen Snapshot

useful for filing bugs etc:

Note on Screen orientation:

xrandr -o 1 turns screen to landscape mode (xrandr -o 0 to go back to ordinary portrait):

xrandr -o 0 # default

xrandr -o 1 # landscape - from right side

xrandr -o 2 # upside down

xrandr -o 3 # landscape - from left side

On the device:

xhost 192.168.0.200

Where 192.168.0.200 is the IP of your desktop.

On the desktop:

xwd -root -display 192.168.0.202:0 > dump.xwd

Where 192.168.0.202 is the device IP.

The xwd file can be read by the Gimp:

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 '''xrandr -o 1''' turns screen to landscape mode (xrandr -o 0 to go back to ordinary portrait):
-{|cellspacing="0" border="1"
+<pre>xrandr -o 0 # default </pre>
-!Command !!Description
+<pre>xrandr -o 1 # landscape - from right side </pre>
-|-
+<pre>xrandr -o 2 # upside down </pre>
-|<pre>xrandr -o 0 </pre>||default
+<pre>xrandr -o 3 # landscape - from left side </pre>
-|-
-|<pre>xrandr -o 1 </pre>||landscape - from right side
-|-
-|<pre>xrandr -o 2 </pre>||upside down
-|-
-|<pre>xrandr -o 3 </pre>||landscape - from left side
-|-
-|}