[vbox-dev] OpenGL/3D on Mac Hosts... Screenshots

[Louis King Jr]

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 <inlieuoflou at gmail.com>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 <Sergey.Dubov at oracle.com>wrote:
>
>> **
>> Louis King Jr <inlieuoflou at gmail.com> 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 <inlieuoflou at gmail.com>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 <inlieuoflou at gmail.com>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 <Sergey.Dubov at oracle.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Louis King Jr <inlieuoflou at gmail.com> 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
>>>>> *
>>>>> *
>>>>> *
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>
>> 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
>> *
>> *
>> *
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