Does it only do that when you're switched away to another VT? When you're switched away to another VT XGetImage will, of course, return black because the root window does not exist, but it should not error unless xwd passed incorrect parameters. Mark. On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Michael Hamilton wrote: > Error Message: > X Error failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) > Major opcode of failed request: 73 (X_GetImage) > Serial number of failed request: 1316 > Current Serial number in output stream: 1316 > > I am running xwd -silent -display 0:0 -name "myname" -out > /pathto/mypicture.xwd > Before I do this I am using alt F4 to switch to another tty and snap my > picture from that login. > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
