From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 5 20:48:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C26F16A540 for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2006 20:48:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2EAF43D70 for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2006 20:48:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28F7668600419; Sun, 5 Nov 2006 12:50:08 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 06SAZnvpSIu7; Sun, 5 Nov 2006 12:50:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 0D4AC6800A4D4; Sun, 5 Nov 2006 12:50:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 12:50:08 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061105205007.GC26446@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1162735557.25903.5.camel@redevil.savola.com> <20061105150645.GA7359@rebelion.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20061105150645.GA7359@rebelion.Sisis.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 OpenPKG/2.5 Subject: Re: Screenshots during installation? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:48:54 -0000 On Sun, Nov 05, 2006, Matthias Apitz wrote: >El día Sunday, November 05, 2006 a las 05:05:57PM +0300, Yousef Adnan Raffah escribió: > >> Hello, >> >> Is there a way I can take screenshots during installation? I know the >> installer runs sysinstall and I can invoke that from any terminal once >> the system installed and grab that window from my GUI, but are there >> other ways of doing it? > >Don't know exactly for which reason you need it. If you want to >communicate a problem during installation, you only can take photos. >If you want to produce a step-by-step installation guide, you may >consider install FreeBSD in a virtual machine (I used Qemu for >this) and take screenshots wherever you want. Several years ago I did an installation manual by taking photos of screens using a digital camera on a tripod and a remote control to avoid shaking the camera (and get my shoulder out of the picture :-). One thing I found was that it requires about a 1 second exposure and high Fstop to get the full screen. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software, LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``The fact is that the Constitution was intended to protect us from the government, and we cannot expect the government to enforce it willingly'' -- Dave E. Hoffmann, Reason Magazine March 2002