None of my installed apps can capture my whole screen

Asked Apr 25 '20 at 19:51

Active Apr 25 '20 at 19:51

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When I try to stream on discord or OBS, I select the option to capture my entire screen. The only thing it shows is the cursor on a black screen. I have ffmpeg installed and I'm running Ubuntu 19.10. I can capture windows perfectly fine, but not the whole screen. Please help :/

PS. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm fairly new to Ubuntu

asked Apr 25 '20 at 19:51

jvadair

When you are entering your password at login, click the little gear icon. Select an X session (NOT a Wayland session). Applications in Wayland (including screen capture applications) do not have permission to see anything outside their own window. It's a tenacious design issue that developers have been wrangling with for a couple years. – user535733 Apr 25 '20 at 20:11
@user535733 Tysm! This completely fixed my problem :) – jvadair Apr 25 '20 at 20:17
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Does this answer your question? Cannot use screen capture apps in Wayland – user535733 Apr 25 '20 at 20:19
@user535733 It turns out I completely forgot I was using wayland – jvadair Apr 25 '20 at 20:22
That happens. I have enjoyed using Wayland for years. – user535733 Apr 25 '20 at 20:23
@user535733 Honestly I'm not sure what the difference is I probably should look that up – jvadair Apr 25 '20 at 20:24

None of my installed apps can capture my whole screen

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