Question / Help OBS 25.0.7 failing to capture do a screen capture

[nathan14632]

I'm using ubuntu 20.04, and I can't get OBS to do a screen capture, for some reason it just captures the mouse, and not what is on the screen. If you know what could be going wrong please let me know

 

[FUT.PHOENIX]

Dear nathan14632,

I am struggling with the same problem. I hope someone can help asap

 

[Tuna]

Make sure you start an X11 session on your desktop and not Wayland. X11 capture needs an X11 dekstop..

 

[kalou]

Make sure you start an X11 session on your desktop and not Wayland. X11 capture needs an X11 dekstop..

Hello

How do we know we're running an X11 session on our desktop?

Edit :

I figured out how to tell if I'm using wayland or X11 I think by typing in the terminal:

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

Now we just have to figure out how to switch to X11 now...

Thanks