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Test - Place Screenshot on Forum Post

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I am now able to take a screenshot of Pi (only via LXT terminal) using scrot -- then put it on a usb-stick move to a PC.

Big question is can I upload the JPEG file to an Adafruit Forum post?

1. answer is I cannot place jpeg directly in body of post - no clue why.
2. try sennding as an attachment - here goes.
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Re: Test - Place Screenshot on Forum Post

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It appears I can send screenshots as an attachment - progress made.

Now can you share how to post jpeg in the body of a post? Doing so will allow me to respond to your request to send screenshots to help with a problem we are working on involving the Learn topic - make the Pi a WiFi access point (shot title).

I await the sharing of your know-how.
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You should be able to click the Choose File button then click the ADD THE FILE box.
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then click place inline where it will add it to the message. I just did this while testing the steps for you. You may have to move the location around to put the photo where you want it.

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Re: Test - Place Screenshot on Forum Post

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Test -- placing screenshot (jpeg) in body of Adafruit post -- here goes.

I think I got it! Thanks

Now one last trick to learn - I have not been able to figure out or find help with taking a screenshot when the Pi boots direct to the command line. Knowing how to do this without using a digital camera would be every helpful when troubleshooting start-up (boot loading problems) or using the command line to setup the Pi say, as a WiFi hotspot.

Can you help?
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Getting a screenshot could be tricky, but I think you can get a lot of all the messages by running:

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dmesg
This will output all the kernel's log output, which should include those boot messages (near the top). You can actually run this command and direct it to a file so it's easier to view & attach to a forum post by running:

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dmesg > pi_boot.txt
Then grab the text file pi_boot.txt and copy it to your computer.

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Makes sense to me - I will give it a go.

Thanks for the help.

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Unfortunately, I must of missed something as each time I try to insert a .jpg from a digital camera I get this message;

The image file you tried to attach is invalid.

What is going on? I was able to do this yesterday as a test, but can't do it now.

Thank you for any advice you may provide.

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Re: Test - Place Screenshot on Forum Post

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Test

It seems that a JPEG file must be sized to 640 x 480 before it will post - who Knew!

Perhaps, when time is available, someone can create a "Learn" for attaching and posting photos to the body of a forum post.
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Re: Test - Place Screenshot on Forum Post

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The file needs to be under 1 meg, 800x600 seems to work too.

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