This is to confirm that the issue is still present with Ubuntu 16.04 as guest inside VirtualBox 5.0.14.
Disabling 3D acceleration from the VM settings is still an effective workaround. ** Changed in: gnome-screenshot (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screenshot in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005914 Title: gnome-screenshot produces black screenshot with only the mouse pointer visible Status in compiz package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in gnome-screenshot package in Ubuntu: New Status in recordmydesktop package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I am running Ubuntu 12.04 inside Virtualbox on a Windows host. 3D acceleration is enabled in Virtualbox and I am using compiz + unity, NOT unity2d. gnome-screenshot produces black screenshot with only the mouse pointer visible. it does not matter if I run it by pressing the PrintScreen key or running gnome-screenshot -d 5 in a terminal. WORKAROUND: use unity2d instead of compiz+unity ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-screenshot 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue May 29 15:59:15 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1) SourcePackage: gnome-screenshot UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1005914/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp