How can I take a screenshot of an application running in a TTY without framebuffering enabled?

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As the title says, I have an application that I need to run in a TTY. I also need to take a screenshot of it while it's running. How can I take a screenshot of an application running in a TTY without framebuffering enabled?

possible duplicate of Can I take a screenshot of a virtual console? — muru, Apr 21 '15 at 17:16
@muru I don't have framebuffering enabled, and I'm also having a hard time enabling it, actually I'm trying to do this in order to debug a problem that might even relate to framebuffering itself — kos, Apr 21 '15 at 17:32
And what about http://askubuntu.com/questions/194291/how-to-take-screenshot-in-a-tty-terminal ? — muru, Apr 21 '15 at 17:39
you can enable framebuffer like so: echo "FRAMEBUFFER=y" | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash; sudo update-initramfs -u reboot. — mchid, Apr 21 '15 at 17:43
@muru Nope, ./configure, make install, it compiles but doesn't add a man page, nor there are usage indications on the answer you linked or on the site, I have no idea of how to use it — kos, Apr 21 '15 at 17:50
@mchid Thanks, at this point I'll give it a try after having answered this — kos, Apr 21 '15 at 17:51

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '15 at 17:39

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You can use ttyrec

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ttyrec

http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/index.html.en

There are a a few options, look for

ttyrec -u

Which allows you to record to a zip file you can later unzip and should be able to play in a regular terminal later that you can easily take a screenshot of.

answered Apr 21 '15 at 17:39

mchid

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Or use ttygif to convert directly to a GIF. – muru Apr 21 '15 at 17:40

How can I take a screenshot of an application running in a TTY without framebuffering enabled?

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