From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 13:01:00 2003 Return-Path: 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 6EA6837B404 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:01:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44B3143FBD for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:00:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <20030804200056012003vilbe>; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 20:00:56 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h74K0tKS004281; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:00:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h74K0txb004278; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:00:55 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: stan References: <20030804185937.GA17616@teddy.fas.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 04 Aug 2003 16:00:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030804185937.GA17616@teddy.fas.com> Message-ID: <44smohw5u0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: easy screen dumps? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 20:01:00 -0000 stan writes: > I need a few screen dumps to include in a bit of documentation for some of > my FreeBSD systems. > > Sugestions as to an easy way to get these from my X sesion would be > appreciated. > > I have used xgrab in the past, but while the port builds, and the front end > runs fine, the back end (xgrabsc) just core dumps on a recent STABLE build > :-( > > I'm remebering xwd, but i cna remeber how to convert it's, output to > something useful. xwud(1) can use it directly, and there are various options for converting it into something else; I've used xwdtopnm(1), from the netpbm port, for example, although I usually have xv installed, so I usually use that for screen grabs.