Subject: Unable to record screencast: "Error starting screencast"
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:07:17 -0700
Package: gnome-shell
Version: 42.0-2
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
When trying to record a screencast, I got the following non-specific
error in the logs:
gnome-shell[787]: Error starting screencast
And the screencast didn't start recording.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: arm64
Kernel: Linux 5.16.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.40.0-3
ii evolution-data-server 3.44.0-3
ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 22.07.5-1
ii gir1.2-adw-1 1.1.0-1
ii gir1.2-atk-1.0 2.38.0-1
ii gir1.2-atspi-2.0 2.44.0-3
ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.72.0-1+b1
ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.40.0-4
ii gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 42.0-1
ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.42.8+dfsg-1
ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 42.0-1
ii gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 2.5.7-3
ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.72.0-1+b1
ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-3.0 42.0-3
ii gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 42.0-1
ii gir1.2-graphene-1.0 1.10.8-1
ii gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 1.20.1-1
ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.24.33-1
ii gir1.2-gtk-4.0 4.6.2+ds-1
ii gir1.2-gweather-4.0 4.0.0-1
ii gir1.2-ibus-1.0 1.5.26-2
ii gir1.2-mutter-10 42.0-3
ii gir1.2-nm-1.0 1.36.4-1
ii gir1.2-nma-1.0 1.8.36-1
ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.50.6+ds-2
ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-33
ii gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 2.52.5+dfsg-3+b1
ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.74.2-3
ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.99.17-1
ii gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 2.36.0-2
ii gnome-backgrounds 42.0-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 42.1-2
ii gnome-shell-common 42.0-2
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 42.0-1
ii gstreamer1.0-pipewire 0.3.49-1
ii libatk-bridge2.0-0 2.38.0-4
ii libatk1.0-0 2.38.0-1
ii libc6 2.33-7
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-5
ii libecal-2.0-1 3.44.0-3
ii libedataserver-1.2-26 3.44.0-3
ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.40.0-4
ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.8+dfsg-1
ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.72.0-1+b1
ii libgjs0g 1.72.0-2
ii libgles2 1.4.0-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.72.0-1
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.72.0-1
ii libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.4.3-1
ii libgnome-desktop-3-19 42.0-1
ii libgraphene-1.0-0 1.10.8-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.24.33-1
ii libgtk-4-1 4.6.2+ds-1
ii libical3 3.0.14-1
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.6.6-1
ii libmutter-10-0 42.0-3
ii libnm0 1.36.4-1
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.50.6+ds-2
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.50.6+ds-2
ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-33
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-33
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii libpulse0 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii libsecret-1-0 0.20.5-2
ii libsystemd0 250.4-1
ii libwayland-server0 1.20.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.4-1
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-1
ii python3 3.10.4-1
Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
pn bolt <none>
pn chrome-gnome-shell <none>
ii gdm3 42.0-1
ii gkbd-capplet 3.26.1-2
ii gnome-control-center 1:41.4-2
ii gnome-menus 3.36.0-1
ii gnome-user-docs 42.0-1
pn ibus <none>
pn iio-sensor-proxy <none>
pn switcheroo-control <none>
ii unzip 6.0-26
Versions of packages gnome-shell suggests:
pn gir1.2-malcontent-0 <none>
pn gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 <none>
pn gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 <none>
ii gnome-shell-extension-prefs 42.0-2
Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii gnome-session-bin 42.0-1
ii gnome-session-common 42.0-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 42.1-2
Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii desktop-base 11.0.3
ii gnome-keyring 40.0-3
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii gnome-settings-daemon-common 42.1-2
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 42.0-1
ii libasound2 1.2.6.1-2+b1
ii libc6 2.33-7
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-5
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.30-8
ii libcanberra0 0.30-8
ii libcolord2 1.4.6-1
ii libcups2 2.4.1op1-2
ii libfontconfig1 2.13.1-4.4
ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.40.0-4
ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.8+dfsg-1
ii libgeoclue-2-0 2.5.7-3
ii libgeocode-glib0 3.26.2-2
ii libglib2.0-0 2.72.0-1
ii libgnome-desktop-3-19 42.0-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.24.33-1
ii libgudev-1.0-0 237-2
ii libgweather-4-0 4.0.0-1
ii liblcms2-2 2.12~rc1-2
ii libmm-glib0 1.18.6-2
ii libnm0 1.36.4-1
ii libnotify4 0.7.9-3
ii libnspr4 2:4.32-3
ii libnss3 2:3.75-1
ii libpam-systemd [logind] 250.4-1
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.50.6+ds-2
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.50.6+ds-2
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-33
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii libpulse0 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii libupower-glib3 0.99.17-1
ii libwacom9 2.2.0-1
ii libwayland-client0 1.20.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.4-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.4-1
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-1
ii libxi6 2:1.8-1
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon recommends:
pn iio-sensor-proxy <none>
ii pulseaudio 15.0+dfsg1-4
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+9
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
pn usbguard <none>
Versions of packages libgjs0g depends on:
ii libc6 2.33-7
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.16.0-5
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-5
ii libffi8 3.4.2-4
ii libgcc-s1 12-20220319-1
ii libgirepository-1.0-1 [libgirepository-1.0-1-with-libffi8] 1.72.0-1+b1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.72.0-1
ii libmozjs-91-0 91.7.0-5
ii libreadline8 8.1.2-1
ii libstdc++6 12-20220319-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.4-1
Versions of packages gnome-shell is related to:
ii libegl-mesa0 [libegl-vendor] 21.3.7-1
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 21.3.7-1
ii libglx-mesa0 [libglx-vendor] 21.3.7-1
-- no debconf information
Acknowledgement sent
to Josh Triplett <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <[email protected]>.
(Sat, 02 Apr 2022 04:24:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Subject: Followup: screencast starts the first time but creates empty
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 21:20:35 -0700
file
Reply-To:
Following up on this: the *first* time I try starting a screencast after
restarting GNOME, it appears to start, and shows a recording icon in the
top bar, but the resulting file is empty (0 bytes), and the log says:
"Error stopping screencast: Timeout was reached"
The second and subsequent times, I get the previously reported error,
and the screencast doesn't appear to even start, and no file gets
created at all.
Acknowledgement sent
to Andre Klapper <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <[email protected]>.
(Sat, 16 Apr 2022 11:09:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Acknowledgement sent
to Jeremy Bicha <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <[email protected]>.
(Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:09:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 7:09 AM Andre Klapper <[email protected]> wrote:
> I could reproduce this in Fedora 36 using pipewire 0.3.49. I cannot
> reproduce anymore since using pipewire 0.3.50.
Is that the only thing that changed on your system? There was also a
recent fix in xdg-desktop-portal 1.14.3.
Either way, Debian Unstable has both xdg-desktop-portal 1.14.3 and
pipewire 0.3.50 now.
Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha
Acknowledgement sent
to Andre Klapper <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <[email protected]>.
(Sat, 16 Apr 2022 14:03:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 12 (or
Unstable or Testing), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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to Jeremy Bícha <[email protected]>:
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(Sat, 31 Aug 2024 21:27:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Subject: Re: Unable to record screencast: "Error starting screencast"
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:24:19 -0400
Control: reopen -1
Actually, this might be the same as https://launchpad.net/bugs/1963264
. At least the GNOME bug there also refers to this Debian bug.
We have not yet figured out an appropriate way to fix that issue.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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