Re: Linux screenshots: How do I capture them?

From: Jeffrey Silverman (jeffrey_at_jhu.edu)
Date: 10/07/03 

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 09:46:31 -0400

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 16:51:08 -0500, Scooter Ivy wrote:

> On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 23:37:44 +0200, Thomas Bludau posted :
>> you can click the "Print" key on your keyboard and then you can get a
>> screenshot of your current desktop.
>
>
> I didn't know that one. It's simple enough. Thanks.
>
<SNIP!>

Yes its simple, but it doesn't work. At least, I have never seen it work,
not on RedHat 7.x, 8, or 9, and not under Gnome (1 or 2), KDE3, Xfce, or
blackbox.

Please someone tell me I'm doing it wrong and how I can do it right.
Thanks! 

-- 
    Jeffrey D. Silverman | jeffrey AT jhu DOT edu
Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD
                 Website | http://www.wse.jhu.edu/newtnotes/

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