I wanted to restate in case it was missed, Debian 7 running Gnome 3 is the first and only Linux guest where screenshots work with 3D enabled.
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Louis King Jr <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, it's always been a 3D problem. 3D has always been problematic with > the Mac version of VirtualBox. The screenshot problem for 3D has been going > on for something like 3 years. 2D screenshots are fine. > > I figured the errors weren't too meaningful but I thought I should include > them. > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 5:58 AM, Sergey Dubov <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ** >> Louis King Jr <[email protected]> писал(а) в своём письме Fri, 31 >> May 2013 01:00:17 +0400: >> >> the build is VirtualBox-4.2.51-86105 >> >> >> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Louis King Jr <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> the error in the Ternimal.... >>> louiss-imac:~ Mine$ VirtualBox -startvm "LMDE Cinnamon" --rmode image >>> VirtualBox: error: Code NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED (0x80004001) - Not >>> implemented (extended info not available) >>> VirtualBox: error: Context: >>> "Notify3DEvent(VBOX3D_NOTIFY_EVENT_TYPE_VISIBLE_WINDOW, NULL)" at line 266 >>> of file crservice.cpp >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Louis King Jr <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> when I use 'VirtualBox -startvm <guest's name> --rmode image' I get a >>>> message about starting in 16 bit color mode although it does start in 32 >>>> bit color. The screenshot is still black. That's when I tried it with LMDE >>>> - Cinnamon. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Sergey Dubov >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Louis King Jr <[email protected]> писал(а) в своём письме Thu, 30 >>>>> May 2013 22:00:53 +0400: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This has been a long standing problem with VirtualBox running on Mac >>>>> hosts. For whatever reason screenshots on Linux guests running Compiz or >>>>> Unity or Gnome3 or Cinnamon can not take screenshots. All one gets is an >>>>> empty black screen. I've been told this is not an issue for the Windows or >>>>> Linux versions of VB. As of today's 4.2.51 version it's still an issue. If >>>>> it is one of the things being worked on currently of course ignore this >>>>> message. >>>>> >>>>> I would mention the current version of Debian 7 with Gnome 3 does >>>>> actually work as far as screenshots go and I have no idea why. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi. >>>>> Is it the case with QImage frame-buffer too? >>>>> I mean by default MacOS X host VM uses Quartz2D frame-buffer but there >>>>> is an experimental QImage frame-buffer support which can be used by trunk >>>>> VM through '--rmode image' passed as additional argument to 'VirtualBox >>>>> -startvm <vm name>' like: >>>>> VirtualBox -startvm Ubuntu --rmode image >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *With Best Regards,* >>>>> *[Oracle/VirtualBox] Sergey Dubov >>>>> * >>>>> * >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> vbox-dev mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> Hi. >> >> Ok, it seems the screen-shot issue is deeper than the used frame-buffer >> type. >> Is it 3D related thing? I mean is the screenshot correct when you are >> getting it with 3D turned off for the same VM? >> >> About error warnings in terminal, you can ignore these warnings for now. >> They are related to new functionality which is not yet implemented from >> the GUI side. >> >> -- >> *With Best Regards,* >> *[Oracle/VirtualBox] Sergey Dubov >> * >> * >> * >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vbox-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev >> >> >
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