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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion electron/gpuSwitches.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe("getGpuSwitches", () => {

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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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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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In `@electron/gpuSwitches.test.ts` at line 63, Update the X11 test description
near the useGl assertion to state that X11 does not force EGL, replacing the
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disableFeatures: ["VaapiVideoDecoder", "VaapiVideoEncoder"],
});
});
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion electron/gpuSwitches.ts
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Expand Up @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export function getGpuSwitches(
platform: NodeJS.Platform,
env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
): GpuSwitches {
void env;
if (platform === "darwin") {
return {
useAngle: "metal",
Expand All @@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ export function getGpuSwitches(

if (platform === "linux") {
return {
useGl: shouldForceLinuxEgl(env) ? "egl" : undefined,
useGl: undefined,
disableFeatures: ["VaapiVideoDecoder", "VaapiVideoEncoder"],
};
}
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion electron/main.ts
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Expand Up @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
import { RECORDINGS_DIR } from "./appPaths";
import { showCursor } from "./cursorHider";
import { getGpuSwitches } from "./gpuSwitches";
import { isLikelyLinuxWaylandSession } from "./ipc/register/sourceMapping";
import {
cleanupAllExportStreams,
cleanupNativeVideoExportSessions,
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// source picker entirely). This avoids calling getSources() which
// would itself trigger an extra portal dialog.
const isLinuxPortalSentinel =
process.platform === "linux" && (sourceId === "screen:linux-portal" || !sourceId);
process.platform === "linux" &&
isLikelyLinuxWaylandSession(process.env) &&
(sourceId === "screen:linux-portal" || !sourceId);
if (isLinuxPortalSentinel) {
callback({ video: { id: "screen:0:0", name: "Entire screen" } });
return;
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