mhsabbagh/green-recorder

Ubuntu 17.10 Recorder Freezes at Start

s3w47m88 opened this issue · 5 comments

s3w47m88 commented

I'm using Green Recorder for the first time on a Razer Blade 14" running Ubuntu 17.10. When I click the record button the entire computer freezes indefinitely. Any support would be appreciated, thank you!

PanadeEdu commented

I have the exact same behaviour.
Another thing I noticed: when I tried using xorg instead of wayland, it froze after login in the same manner.

I asume at this point it is a problem with wayland. But maybe someone with more knowledge can shine light on that.

EDIT: i also tried peek s alternative. Exact same behaviour. As soon as you press record - freeze.

I assume the razer blade as well as my dell xps 15 use an nvidia card.

mhsabbagh commented

Green Recorder uses the built-in screencasting tool in GNOME itself. There's a known issue with some graphics cards that causes the system to freeze directly when trying to record. It has been there for a while. Please search for it on GNOME Bugzilla.

Thus, this is about the upstream GNOME code, not Green Recorder.

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pfctdayelise commented

I couldn't find any relevant issues in Bugzilla, so I filed a new issue. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790008

iambumblehead commented

Yikes every screen recording software I've tried installing on an xps13 causes the computer to freeze

phw commented

@iambumblehead Use X11 isntead of Wayland as a workaround