I found some references that 3d acceleration might indeed be a problem when taking screenshots in virtualbox. I do not know if this is a problem with virtualbox or ubuntu, however. It should "just work", however...
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=32801 http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/03/take-and-edit-screenshots-with.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005914 Title: gnome-screenshot produces black screenshot with only the mouse pointer visible To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1005914/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs