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when I try to start I get the error message: Failed to initialize video. Your GPU may not be supported, or your graphics drivers may need to be updated.

I've searched alot about the problem but the only thing I can find is that it might be a problem with opengl. Maybe I got a old version. I've installed ubuntu studio 19.10 on two laptops and I got the same problem on both.

where do I start, what should I look for?

regards Henke

Henke Sandenor
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  • Just so you know, Ubuntu 19.10 will soon be unsupported (9 months lifetime). So no fixes, driver or software updates. – lev258 Jul 01 '20 at 14:39
  • are you using wayland or x11. wayland does not support most of screen recording or screencasting apps. However green recorder claims to support wayland https://github.com/mhsabbagh/green-recorder https://askubuntu.com/questions/1097784/is-there-a-screen-recorder-for-gnome-with-wayland – Abhay Patil Jul 01 '20 at 15:08

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  1. Open your prefered text editor
  2. Write in there LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 obs
  3. Save the file on desktop with name run_obs_studio.sh
  4. Right click on file, Click Properties, go to Permissions tab and make it executable.
  5. Launch the file and you are done.

This work around fixed the same issue happened with my installation.

AbsoluteDev
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