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Which data should be excluded from log files , error messages etc. if posted online?
What data should one erase from log files, error messages etc., if posting them as a screenshot so as not to expose sensitive information? As I have little knowledge about this topic, I can vividly ...
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How to capture the display screen before accessing the desktop?
To be able to use tools like gnome-screenshot or xfce4-screenshot one has to be logged in and with access to the desktop.
But what about capturing previous screens? That would have to be done in the ...
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Screenshot of X from tty
Using Xvfb I can launch an application and take a screenshot.
What I'm wondering about is how to capture from an existing (dormant) X session.
Say from tty or over ssh.
From what I understand ...
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Screen shot in Lubuntu
I'm using Lubuntu 11.10 and when I press the PrtSc key I get a screen-shot automatically, without confirmation. The problem is that sometimes I press it accidentally and a lot of JPEG files are ...
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How to customize XFCE screenshot saving file name template?
When I press Print Scrn in XFCE and choose to save it, the automatically generated and offered file name is like Screenshot - 141012 - 02:21:10.png (Screenshot - DDMMYY - HH:mm:SS.png).
I hate to use ...
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How can I take a screenshot in LXDE using scrot and the Print Screen button on my keyboard?
I have already installed scrot following the instructions here. The Windows Manager appears to be Openbox.
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Taking a screenshot (within X)
How can I take a screenshot in X.org?
I am unsure if the Print Screen button will "just work" and I don't know how I would go about testing it.
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Which GNOME themes are suitable for black and white printing?
I need to place some screenshots of GNOME applications, such as the file manager, in a book. The book will be printed in black and white, and, although shades of gray are okay, it is best that I avoid ...
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Make screenshots of Ti-calculator screen
I want to connect a TI-84 Plus Calculator to my PC and take screenshots of the calculator display. Under windows this is possible using the TI-connect software. However is there also a way to do this ...
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Capturing area of the screen without a Desktop Environment?
I'm running OpenSuse with dwm as a window manager. Since I made the switch from KDE, I haven't found a way to take a screenshot or even capture part of my screen.
Is there a way I can do this in a ...
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How to list all running X applications?
I'd like to get a list of all of the apps (across all users) on my machine that are talking to the X server. What's the most reliable way to do that? Find the socket X runs on and lsof for connections ...
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Colour problem when capturing a png of the top panel of the screen
I want to capture a window as a png from within a bash script, using the window's ID. In this case, the window is the top panel. Using gnome-screenshot the colours are true, as per this image... ...
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CutyCapt seems to ignore the Xvfb screen size parameters
I have a problem using CutyCapt to create images rendered for a particular screen size.
For example, if I do these:
xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0, 800x600x24" \
~/bin/CutyCapt/CutyCapt ...
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How to do a print screen or capture an area of the screen
Is there an equivalent of the Window's Print Screen + Paste (or better yet the Mac OS Cmd+Shift+4, Space) in gnome?
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Record screen in X
How can I record all activity on the screen for a certain amount of time? I know about tools like xwd that capture a still image; can they be extended to record video? I'd prefer not using any fancy ...
