gnome-screenshot produces only black .png

[Sasa Paporovic]

I am on Ubuntu12.10 Quantal 64bit.

The gnome-screenshot tool only produces black .png as output. Independent of chooseing part of screen of fullscreen or actual window.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gnome-screenshot 3.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-1.3-generic 3.4.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 19 10:09:26 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120510)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no username)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-screenshot
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XsessionErrors:
 (compiz:1953): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_add_dir: assertion `gconf_valid_key (dirname, NULL)' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1933): libappindicator-CRITICAL **: app_indicator_set_label: assertion `IS_APP_INDICATOR (self)' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1933): libappindicator-CRITICAL **: app_indicator_set_label: assertion `IS_APP_INDICATOR (self)' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1933): libappindicator-CRITICAL **: app_indicator_set_label: assertion `IS_APP_INDICATOR (self)' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1933): libappindicator-CRITICAL **: app_indicator_set_label: assertion `IS_APP_INDICATOR (self)' failed

[Michael Nagel (nailor)]

are you running ubuntu in virtualbox? if so, this should probably be merged into

gnome-screenshot produces black screenshot with only the mouse pointer visible
Ubuntu “gnome-screenshot” package Bugs Bug #1005914

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

Indeed I run it in virtualbox.

I have not pointed that out, because on development of Ubuntu12.04 Precise it was not a problem.

When you are willing to work on this intensive, close mine report as duplicate. When you do not want to work on the code yourself you maybe close yours as duplicate of mine(bug heat- older one).

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

I have just retested with unity 2d and deqaktivated 2d support in virtualbox.

The screenshot works normal in this configuration(Virtualbox4.1.12 on Ubuntu12.04 64bit host).

[Michael Nagel (nailor)]

I'll merge this one into the other, not because I am going to work on it so hard, but because I think more precise information has been collected there.

Bug heat will add up, but I do not think that is the important part -- few bugs are fixed because of their heat -- the important part is to have one central place of discussion.