File session_functions.patch of Package prey
--- modules/session/platform/linux/functions 2010-08-30 19:00:54.000000000 -0500
+++ modules/session/platform/linux/functions.orig 2010-09-08 16:15:11.000000000 -0500
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@
get_screenshot() {
+ local xwd=`which xwd`
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"