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Cannot explain size of screenshot PNG file

I am running ubuntu 64-bit on a virtual machine and took a screenshot of a part of my desktop using the shortcut Shift+Print. The .png file consists of 1500x1078 pixels and has a total size of 30,1 kB....
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Why is GNOME crashing when I take a screenshot of a VM?

When I use the Screenshot GUI tool within my host operating system which is Ubuntu 20.04, it crashes GNOME if the screenshot is of a VM within VMware (Workstation 16.1.2 build-17966106 Pro). This ...
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How to take a screenshot in an Ubuntu guest OS running in Oracle VirtualBox [closed]

How to take a screenshot in an Ubuntu guest OS that is running in Oracle VirtuaBox? I tried everything and ended up taking pictures with my mobile phone instead of taking the screenshots directly ...
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Screenshot will not copy to clipboard in Ubuntu 14.04 Unity desktop. How can I fix this?

I have been able to take screenshots without issue until today. Now screenshots are being produced but will not copy to the clipboard. If I use the screenshot app and save the image to a file this ...
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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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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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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 Screen Shot in Ubuntu

How to take screen Shot in Ubuntu Particular window screen shot Twin view on only one monitor screen shot
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How to make print screen button act silently (not treated as key down)?

I'm trying to take a screenshot of this program while it is running. When I press the print screen button, it raises a key down event which makes some elements in the program disappear. I'm not able ...
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CutyCapt Segmentation Fault

I m using cutycapt software to create a screenshot of a site. It works fine, but for some sites I get segmentation fault error. For example, following command will cause the issue: xvfb-run --auto-...
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Grayed Out Ubuntu Distribution Updates

As shown in the screen-shot below, there are two updates under distribution updates that have been there for a couple of months now. These updates are not click-able and I see no way to get rid of ...
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Linux screenshot tool that saves shots directly, without asking for a filename

I know how to take a screenshot on my Ubuntu, but I want to take many screenshots within a limited time (taking screenshots of a single execution of a program which I can not pause). Is there a ...