it seems as xdm -root | convert - screen.png works just fine. Thanks, Jerry On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jerry Geis <jerry.geis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes I am running as root. If I try as a user I get the same behavior. > > Two things here. > If on my desktop in a gnome window I run "import -silent -window root > screen.png" I get a file. > > However if I run the command using a shell script on a machine its not > working. > So in my script I have: > export DISPLAY=:0.0 > /usr/bin/import -silent -window root screen.png > > Thanks, > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos