cp /dev/video or some such

[arson smith]

I think what you are looking for is the framebuffer
and i think it was /dev/fbdev of /dev/fb0,1,2 or
something like that.  I dont know what the format
is in or anything though.  I have started exploreing
into this at one time and never got very far.

Hope that helps some.

Bill W


>From: "der.hans" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>
>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>To: quatsch <PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
>Subject: cp /dev/video or some such
>Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 23:31:22 -0700 (MST)
>
>moin, moin,
>
>I've heard it's possible to make a copy of what's going out to the video
>card via the command line, e.g. scriptable :). I don't remember what the
>/dev/thingy was, though that enabled this. This was long before I ever
>heard of the framebuffer driver, but doesn't mean that it didn't involve
>it.
>
>Anyway, anyone know what I'm talking about and how to make a copy of
>what's coming up on the screen in both terminal and X mode?
>
>Part 2 is that this picture isn't exactly jpg or png, so how does one then
>convert it to something displayable in a common graphics program. Eventual
>goal is to shove stuff in html and print. Some of this is from before the
>OS is installed, so xgrab and friends aren't great answers.
>
>danke,
>
>der.hans
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