fix(linux): resolve X11 screen capture and WebGL preview issues by pannet1 · Pull Request #1002 · webadderallorg/Recordly

pannet1 · 2026-09-19T20:02:32Z

Stop forcing EGL on X11 to prevent GPU process crash and enable WebGL/WebGPU
Ensure Wayland screen portal is only used on Wayland sessions, fixing X11 desktop capture

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Bug Fixes
- Improved Linux display capture handling for Wayland sessions by using the portal capture source when applicable.
- Updated Linux graphics configuration to stop forcing the EGL rendering backend.
- Preserved hardware video acceleration settings while removing the X11-specific EGL workaround.

- Stop forcing EGL on X11 to prevent GPU process crash and enable WebGL/WebGPU - Ensure Wayland screen portal is only used on Wayland sessions, fixing X11 desktop capture Fixes webadderallorg#1001

coderabbitai · 2026-09-19T20:03:00Z

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Linux no longer forces EGL through getGpuSwitches. The Linux portal display-capture sentinel now uses the synthetic source only in detected Wayland sessions.

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Linux capture behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Remove Linux EGL forcing `electron/gpuSwitches.ts`, `electron/gpuSwitches.test.ts`	Linux `getGpuSwitches` returns `useGl: undefined`. The X11 test now expects no GL override.
Restrict portal sentinel handling `electron/main.ts`	The synthetic `screen:0:0` source is selected for the portal sentinel only when Linux Wayland is detected. Other Linux sessions continue to enumerate desktop sources.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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The stale test name can mislead developers when diagnosing Linux GPU behavior, but it does not affect runtime capture.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the Linux X11 screen capture and WebGL preview fixes, which match the main changes in the pull request.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue `#1001` requires Linux recording to start without the reported unavailable EGL implementation failure. On Linux, `getGpuSwitches` now leaves `useGl` undefined, so X11 no longer receives the forced…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only Linux GPU switch selection, the related automated expectation, and Linux display-source routing. Each change supports issue `#1001` by avoiding the reported EGL initializat…

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- Line 63: Update the X11 test description near the useGl assertion to state
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coderabbitai · 2026-09-19T20:05:11Z

 	it("returns the X11 EGL workaround on Linux X11", () => {
 		expect(getGpuSwitches("linux", { XDG_SESSION_TYPE: "x11" })).toEqual({
-			useGl: "egl",
+			useGl: undefined,


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Rename the X11 test description.

The assertion now expects useGl: undefined, so this test no longer checks an EGL workaround. Update the description at Line 61 to state that X11 does not force EGL.

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fix(linux): resolve X11 screen capture and WebGL preview issues

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- Stop forcing EGL on X11 to prevent GPU process crash and enable WebGL/WebGPU - Ensure Wayland screen portal is only used on Wayland sessions, fixing X11 desktop capture Fixes webadderallorg#1001

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