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Annotations for Gnome Screenshot tool
The new screenshot tool in Gnome 42 looks pretty neat. But most of the time, when I take a screenshot I need to highlight something by adding an arrow or text. I used to use flameshot for that, but ...
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VLC Screenshot capture no longer working (only green and purple junk now)
Suddenly all my screen captures look like green and purple junk. See the image below.
Running Ubuntu Linux 21.04 with KDE. (I don't know if I'm running Wayland or X-Server but it's been working great ...
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How to change the default filename for screenshots with the new gnome 42 screenshot tool?
I cannot figure out how to change the default filename for screenshots with the new gnome 42 screenshot tool. Die Screenshots are saved in my screenshot folder, but the name is not in the format that ...
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Why are screenshots on some websites are blocked in Windows, but not in Linux?
While using Windows 10 (Build 19042), I tried taking a screenshot of frame from a video played on a popular website using Google Chrome and Edge browsers, and the video player part of the website was ...
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How do I take a screenshot in SteamOS's Desktop Mode?
I want to take a screenshot of my Steam Deck's desktop in SteamOS 3.3.1. Normally I can take a screenshot by pressing Steam + R1, but this shortcut doesn't work in Desktop Mode. I tried to manually ...
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How to create a screenshot of the Linux command line shown on the monitor - No X running
I need to see the monitor of the linux system I am connected to by SSH. I know I can dump the contents of the console as ASCII characters, but this won't show me how the characters are rendered ...
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Options menu get black with two screens (SIKULI)
I'm trying to take a screenshot to a eclipse menu with sikuli, however I'm getting a black screenshot;
Example:
This is what I get
This is what I should be getting
Can you guys help me out ?!
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How to take a screenshot of remote Linux desktop from local macbook
I am on a local macbook (OS Catalina 10.15.7--not sure if it matters), and I am accessing a remote Linux machine through VNC.
How can I take a screenshot of the remote Linux window (accessed from ...
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Why does my computer get messed up when using gnome-screenshot? (Linux)
When using gnome-screenshot to capture a particular area of the screen, my computer gets messed up for around 30 seconds.
By "messed up" I mean:
The screenshot tool does not immediately ...
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How to take a screenshot during CentOS (or any Linux distro) install process?
I need to install a few Linux distro's on some machines and I've been asked to document the installation procedure for others to easily follow when they need to do the same.
Apart from taking pictures ...
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Screenshot error with import linux command on enlightenment 17
I have installed enlightenment 17 on a debian 8 Jessie and I have issues about doing screenshot with import command.
Once I type "import test.png" from a terminal, and after selecting the area with ...
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How to take multiple screenshots in a row in Linux Mint
I needed to take multiple screenshots of various things on a webpage. I went into Start Menu > Screenshot and took one.
I noticed that after taking it, it only gives an option to Save or Close - not ...
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Weird border artefacts when taking screenshots with `import`
I take screenshots with Imagemagick's import command such as import /tmp/screen.png.
When I drag an area on screen, it shows an outline of the area I'm about to capture, but it's a little finnicky -- ...
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Taking screenshot via ssh
Is there a way to take a screenshot of what is on screen by being remotely logged on that machine with ssh?
Vnc is no good, since AFAIK it cannot take ownership of an existing X session.
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Is there a program like psr.exe on Ubuntu Linux?
For localization purposes I want to capture a bunch of screenshots from a Linux program. On Windows I was used to use Problem Steps Recorder which automatically saves screenshots from every dialog I ...
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3rd party application unable to write to a directory via SFTP
Last night, I installed a program called ScreenCloud on my Fedora 20 laptop. This application uploads screenshots I take on my computer to a number of different places, one of the options being to my ...
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Create Google Maps screenshots at regular intervals
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People are concerned that building a pipeline to the West Coast of Canada will increase the number of oil tankers, thus increasing the probability of a major oil spill, thereby creating an ...
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CLI Screenshot; No X Server
How could I capture a screenshot of a Linux tty, CLI terminal session; without an X server (or similar)?
If an X server is connected, I will typically use scrot.
But in some situations it's ...
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How I can take a screenshot with current cursor in GNOME?
When I take a screenshot in Ubuntu 10.04 (Gnome) using application "Take Screenshot" I get a screenshow this a default mouse cursor, but when i take a screenshot, cursor of mouse was another, for ...
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Taking vector screenshot from Firefox
I am trying to take a vector screenshot of a webpage. What I did:
Start a fresh Ubuntu 15.10 from the LiveCD
Install Firefox Nightly from the PPA, it's currently 47.0a1
Install 'gtk-vector-...
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Linux screenshots, how to take them like a mac
I run opensuse 11.2 KDE 4.3.5.
I do not have a mac, but I've used one and really like the one feature of the screenshots. Specifically, Command+Shift+3 which saves the screenshot to the desktop ...
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Take screenshot on every keystroke
A while ago I saw a cool animation of an explanation to do something in Vim. I would like to be able to do that by taking a screenshot of the Vim window every time I press a key (automatically), does ...
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how can i take screenshot of firefox with addon result
Myself on kali linux with firefox and calomel ssl validation addon,i have many addons installed at my firefox,
Main problem which i face while taking screenshot was i cant take the screenshot with ...
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Screenshot utility for linux
For a while I've been looking for a good, fast, screenshot tool for Linux. I came down to use Shutter, however, I just want something which does the following:
Click hotkey
Select what to take a ...
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Start a program, take automatic screenshot when its GUI has instantiated, then close program
This is my problem: I have a shell script, where I use gitk --all . for a graphical representation of a git repository. I would like this script to run unattended, and instead of starting gitk in GUI ...
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gnome-screenshot produces blank png files in mint 17
This produces a blank png file in mint 17, but works fine in ubuntu 12:
gnome-screenshot
Opening the resulting Screenshot file in the ~/Pictures directory shows completely blank image (all black). ...
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How to take a screenshot of the console output in linux?
how can I make a screenshot of the linux console output?
For example I run the command ls -l and want to make a screenshot of the whole output.
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Is there a Website Screenshot tool with command line utility in Linux?
I've looked through various such tools, but none of them are to be used in Linux:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/24/web-screenshots/
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How do I use command line and wmctrl to make a window larger than the screen to get a huge screenshot?
I use a program which makes a large image which I have to scroll to view. The program has no way to save the image, and I have no access to the source to modify it. The only way I have to get the ...
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Screenshot cron job not working
I've been searching all over the internet for an aswer to this but can't seem to find anything that works for me.
I want to run a cron job that automaticly takes a screenshot every minute. The script ...
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