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# Make sure you have an active internet connection.
# Make sure you have an active internet connection.
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# Open the Terminal.  As root user, install <tt>ImageMagick</tt> with this command:
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# Open the Terminal.  As root user, install <tt>ImageMagick</tt> with the command <code>zypper in ImageMagick</code>
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# zypper in ImageMagick
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# Open applications, etc. until your display is ready for a screenshot.
# Open applications, etc. until your display is ready for a screenshot.
# Switch to the first virtual terminal by typing Ctrl+Alt+F1
# Switch to the first virtual terminal by typing Ctrl+Alt+F1
# Log in as a normal, unprivileged user.
# Log in as a normal, unprivileged user.
# Navigate to the directory in which you want to save the screenshot.
# Navigate to the directory in which you want to save the screenshot.
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# Execute the following command, where "filename.png" is the name you want for the screenshot.
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# Execute the following command: <code>import filename.png</code>  "filename.png" is the name you want for the screenshot.
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$ import filename.png
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# Return to the X session by typing Alt+F2
# Return to the X session by typing Alt+F2
# Click (or touch) the display and wait a few seconds
# Click (or touch) the display and wait a few seconds
# Switch back to the virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and verify that the 'import' command completed without errors.
# Switch back to the virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and verify that the 'import' command completed without errors.
# That's it!  Your screenshot can be found in the current directory.
# That's it!  Your screenshot can be found in the current directory.

Revision as of 21:50, 19 April 2011

MeeGo Netbook UX

TODO

MeeGo UX

Currently, there is no *easy* method of taking native screenshots with MeeGo UX, but the command-line approach is as follows:

  1. Make sure you have an active internet connection.
  2. Open the Terminal. As root user, install ImageMagick with the command zypper in ImageMagick
  3. Open applications, etc. until your display is ready for a screenshot.
  4. Switch to the first virtual terminal by typing Ctrl+Alt+F1
  5. Log in as a normal, unprivileged user.
  6. Navigate to the directory in which you want to save the screenshot.
  7. Execute the following command: import filename.png "filename.png" is the name you want for the screenshot.
  8. Return to the X session by typing Alt+F2
  9. Click (or touch) the display and wait a few seconds
  10. Switch back to the virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and verify that the 'import' command completed without errors.
  11. That's it! Your screenshot can be found in the current directory.
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