Hi Randy, FreeBSD 5.2
> vidcontrol -p < /dev/ttyv0 > shot.scr with the above command a file 'shot.scr' was created. But I have no program to view it. # pkg_info | grep scr2txt # pkg_info | grep scr2png # pkg_info | grep -w xv all no printout # cd /usr/ports # make search name=scr2txt Port: scr2txt-1.1 Path: /usr/ports/textproc/scr2txt Info: Converts the output of "vidcontrol -p" to text # make search name=scr2png Port: scr2png-1.1_4 Path: /usr/ports/graphics/scr2png Info: Converts the output of "vidcontrol -p" to PNG # make search name=xv | grep -w xv Port: xv-3.10a_3 Path: /usr/ports/graphics/xv Kindly advise Whether I have to install either of the above program to read shot.scr? > The following command will dump contents of the > fourth virtual > terminal to the standard output in the human > readable format: > > vidcontrol -P < /dev/ttyv3 On KDE desktop Konsole window # vidcontrol -P < /dev/ttyv3 no graphic image displayed (tried both -P and -p) Besides I have to 'su' to use 'vidcontrol' B.R. Stephen Liu > The .scr images can be manipulated with > textproc/scr2txt and > graphics/scr2png. The man pages for both describe > their usage. > > These are the tools that are used to produce the > screenshots of > the console and Sysinstall in the Handbook. > > For screenshots in XFree86, I find that graphics/xv > does the job > quite nicely without a lot of fuss. > > Best regards, > > Randy _______________________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
