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Fixed Linux systems requiring to be logged in to take a screenshot #19

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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion session/platform/linux/functions
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get_screenshot() {

local xwd=`which xwd` # standard xorg tool
local scrot=`which scrot` # scrot is lighter
local import=`which import` # imagemagick

if [ -n "$scrot" ]; then
if [ -n "$xwd" ]; then

/usr/bin/xwd -display :0 -root | convert - $session__screenshot

elif [ -n "$scrot" ]; then

run_as_current_user "$scrot $session__screenshot"

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