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Currently, there is no *easy* method of taking native screenshots with MeeGo UX, but the command-line approach is as follows:
Currently, there is no *easy* method of taking native screenshots with MeeGo UX, but the command-line approach is as follows:
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# Make sure you have an active internet connection.
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* Make sure you have an active internet connection.
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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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* Open the Terminal.  As root user, install <tt>ImageMagick</tt> with the command
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# Open applications, etc. until your display is ready for a screenshot.
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# Switch to the first virtual terminal by typing Ctrl+Alt+F1
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<code># zypper in ImageMagick</code>
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# Log in as a normal, unprivileged user.
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# Navigate to the directory in which you want to save the screenshot.
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* Open applications, etc. until your display is ready for a 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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* Switch to the first virtual terminal by typing Ctrl+Alt+F1
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# Return to the X session by typing Alt+F2
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* Log in as a normal, unprivileged user.
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# Click (or touch) the display and wait a few seconds
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* Navigate to the directory in which you want to save the screenshot.
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# Switch back to the virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and verify that the 'import' command completed without errors.
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* Execute the following command, where "filename.png" is the name you want for the screenshot.
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# That's it!  Your screenshot can be found in the current directory.
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<code>$ import filename.png</code>
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* Return to the X session by typing Alt+F2
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* Click (or touch) the display and wait a few seconds
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* Switch back to the virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1), and verify that the 'import' command completed without errors.
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* That's it!  Your screenshot can be found in the current directory.

Revision as of 21:52, 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:

  • Make sure you have an active internet connection.
  • Open the Terminal. As root user, install ImageMagick with the command 
# zypper in ImageMagick
  • Open applications, etc. until your display is ready for a screenshot.
  • Switch to the first virtual terminal by typing Ctrl+Alt+F1
  • Log in as a normal, unprivileged user.
  • Navigate to the directory in which you want to save the screenshot.
  • Execute the following command, where "filename.png" is the name you want for the screenshot. 
$ import filename.png
  • Return to the X session by typing Alt+F2
  • 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.
  • That's it! Your screenshot can be found in the current directory.
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