GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 738226
Full-screen apps (like anaconda) sometimes do not show when screen recording through gnome-shell
Last modified: 2014-10-09 12:52:55 UTC
I wanted to record a bug in anaconda (Fedora installer), so I recorded it using ctrl+alt+shift+r shortcut. But when I looked at the recording, sometimes anaconda was visible, and sometimes it was "transparent" - I saw everything beneath anaconda (usually plain desktop) instead of the app itself. This changed based on my actions - usually invoking or closing some dialog either displayed or hid anaconda. I attach a video where you'll see what I recorded. Sometimes you'll see my mouse cursor moving above the empty desktop. But in fact, I was inside anaconda all the time, working with it. The program doesn't get "transparent" for me (except for two seconds while "Accepting Changes", I guess that's either a bug in anaconda or related bug in gnome-shell). But in the recording, it's transparent most of the time (since the first time I used dialogs in the manual partitioning screen). Tested with: Fedora 21 Beta TC2 Workstation Live x86_64 gnome-shell-3.14.0-2.fc21.x86_64 mutter-3.14.0-3.fc21.x86_64 anaconda-21.48.8-1.fc21.x86_64 I can reproduce the problem most of the time on bare metal, tested with intel and radeon drivers. I can't reproduce the problem in VM using llvmpipe (spice+qxl). Sometimes it's harder to reproduce the problem several times in a row, but the first attempt usually shows the bug.
Max 1.6 MB can be attached, so linking my recording instead: https://kparal.fedorapeople.org/bugs/gnome_738226.webm The first glitch comes at 0:27. On my screen I see anaconda the whole time, except for a second or two after 0:37.
Created attachment 288127 [details] [review] shell-recorder: Disable unredirection while recording This is required to be able to record windows that would otherwise be unredirected.
Attachment 288127 [details] pushed as 1b3c89f - shell-recorder: Disable unredirection while recording Pushed after IRC review.