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Message from Steven
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Teixeira wrote:
>
> By the way, someone has told me to do   
> cat /dev/vcs1 >screenshot
> (being vcs1 the virtual console)
> 
> I have tried it, with no appearent results. Is it safe?

That does work, but only for text (AFAIK).
To demonstrate, do the following:
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Press ALT-F1
Execute:  dmesg
Press ALT-F2
Execute: cat /dev/vcs1
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That should display the dmesg screen.

Cheers,
Steven