Bug 492268

Summary: Screen sharing certain fullscreen programs freezes them until focus is taken from them, in which case they unfreeze for about one second
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: Maggie M. <magstheidiot>
Component: screencastingAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: aleixpol, jgrulich, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.1.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Maggie M. 2024-08-27 13:27:16 UTC
SUMMARY
Screen sharing certain fullscreen programs freezes them until focus is taken from them, in which case they unfreeze for about one second

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a full screen program. I have seen this bug happen especially in Steam games.
2. Screen share the window through any possible way (https://www.webrtc-experiment.com/Pluginfree-Screen-Sharing/#2934117762639923 will do)
3. Go back to program

OBSERVED RESULT
Program freezes until focus is taken

EXPECTED RESULT
Program works as expected

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series
Comment 1 Maggie M. 2024-09-07 11:52:12 UTC
Issue is an Xwayland issue. Apologies for the bother