Am 05.01.2012 12:52, schrieb John Hodrien: > So he wants to be able to capture an image of what a website looks like from > the command line, and not really take a screenshot at all. Indeed, as there is no screen... This is diffcult, as websites need to be rendered and one just has to google for ACID-3 to see that this not that straightforward. > I think that's a fair summary anyway... Yes, thanks for the clarification! As a workaround, I'd use a "virtual" screen, i.e. automate the tasks that would have to be done for a "real" screenshot. This can be scripted without any user interaction: * Run Xvnc in the desired resolution/depth Sort of a headless X11, debug by connecting via VNC * setup authentication using xauth (or even xhost if desperate) * export $DISPLAY to access it * open the URL to "screenshot" in firefox/chrome/opera, e.g. firefox -height x -width y "$url" (the -height and -width options still work, right?) * run xwininfo and grep for the name of the browser window to get the windows id * Screenshot it: xwd -id $browserid | xwdtopnm | pnmtojpeg > website.jpg * kill firefox process * kill Xvnc if no more screenshots are needed All steps can also be done manually, therefore debugging should be easily step by step. Walter