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Shutter takes dark screenshots of window with Ubuntu 13.04 under VirtualBox

Asked by Michael McCallister

I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 as an Oracle VirtualBox 4.2.16 client; Windows 7 Home Premium as host. I want to take a screen shot of a browser window, but each time I ask Shutter to take this shot, the resulting image is 100% black.

The screen itself displays quite normally. The Display properties of the VirtualBox instance are:
Video Memory: 12MB
Acceleration: 3D
Remote Desktop Server: Disabled (but the VDI file is stored locally).

All thoughts greatly appreciated.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Could take the screenshot using Windows...

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Michael McCallister (workingwriter) said : 		#2

True enough, but I've used Shutter before in other virtual environments without issue. Would be nice to know what's going on.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

I suggest you report a bug

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Do other screenshot applications do the same?

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Michael McCallister (workingwriter) said : 		#5

Yes, I just checked gnome-screenshot -- same black screen. So it's definitely not Shutter.

Might this have something to do with display/monitor settings? I see that the Display Settings detect the monitor as a VBX 0" and Color Settings don't allow Calibration for the "unknown - VBOX monitor"

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

I suggest you report a bug

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