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[Linux] Take Screenshot with Mouse Cursor

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GnuBoi Original post #1
Apr 19, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Guys, how to take screenshot with mouse cursor in linux, i have tried GNOME Screenshot, KSnapShot and GIMP but no luck. In windows, i used IrfanView but i having difficulty finding program to take screenshot with mouse cursor. Any Application suggestions.


Thanks in Advance...
NucleusKore
Apr 19, 2009 at 12:54 PM
I am running Ubuntu 8.10. I just pressed the print screen button and got a screenshot with the mouse cursor. In fact you can see a mouse cursor in all my tutorials on SuSE and Ubuntu. Which distro are you using?
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GnuBoi #3
Apr 20, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Ya, it works in GNOME but not in KDE and with KSnapshot...

and distro is fedora but is same for all distro like Archlinux, Kubuntu, OpenSUSE as i have checked....