Post #969050

2026-04-04 17:07 UTC

I dont have an auto update enabled on my system, and i always reboot system after update. For flatpak specifically, when i hear people complaining about me streaming the black screen, i just update flatpak nvidia package, and dont even need to restart zoom to be able to start streaming again. And as i said, it realy does happen suddenly. I can stream video normally, but few minutes later, while still in meeting, i start streaming again and it shows black screen, while i did absolutely nothing. Really weird stuff.

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@just_another_person@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 19:51

Kind of sounds like you have a rogue process engage the Wayland API to take exclusive control over something. Maybe you’re running multiple video apps that take input from your camera or streaming device at the same time, like Discord, Zoom, and OBS all running at the same time. One has exclusive access while you stream, but then another engages the same device and takes control for a split second, killing the other apps access.

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@Vincent@feddit.nl 2026-04-04 19:10

Wait a minute, what is the Flatpak Nvidia package? Do you need that for GPU acceleration for Flatpak apps on Nvidia? How do you even know whether GPU acceleration is working? (I recently got a new laptop and it's the first time I have a dedicated GPU, and I have no idea how it all works. Sorry for hijacking your thread.)

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