--screenshot flag still broken

[NotAShelf]

I have recently came across your comment on this issue in which you have announced it was fixed in version 1.6.10. However, I am experiencing this exact issue on a freshly built version of swaylock-effects-git (AUR) with package version r402.9ac172a-1

The issue is simply that 1/3 of the screen will be blank when --screenshot is passed and the screenshot will be fit inside the remaining 2/3, which is counterintuitive.

[NotAShelf]

Output of swaylock -v as a followup:
swaylock version v1.6.10-1-g4b54b85 (Sep 5 2022, branch 'master')

[YHNdnzj]

Running into this too on sway-git

[NotAShelf]

@YHNdnzj could you confirm for me whether or not you're on a NVIDIA GPU?

I believe we have narrowed the issue down to my NVIDIA GPU or rather, the lack of proper screen capture support on it.

[YHNdnzj]

@NotAShelf I'm using a laptop with NVIDIA Optimus, but manually specified WLR_DRM_DEVICES to make sway run on amdgpu.

But the whole screen is blank on my side, plus I can see and move the cursor when locked, maybe this is something else?

[NotAShelf]

It could possibly be something else, yes. I am unable to reproduce the broken --screenshot behaviour on an AMD gpu.

[vfosterm]

Seems to be an nvidia gpu issue I have the exact same issues on my side.

[xi-pinmping]

Having this issue on an AMD Radeon HD 6320 as well

Edit: Was hoping the most recent wlroots-git update would fix it but it has not. It hasn't gone red screen and locked me out for a few days though. White screen on screenshot still persists

[Haze-sh]

I can reproduce this on a NIVIDIA GPU with wlroots-git AUR package. Sometimes it turns red screen and others white background but I can move the cursor though.

[Zeioth]

Having the issue on AMD 6700XT too. Every other parameter apart from --screenshot seems to work fine. Tested with swaylock-effects-git.

EDIT: No idea why, but it works fine now.

[vfosterm]

For those using hyprland the hyprland-nvidia-git package on AUR resolves the issue for me.
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/nvidia.patch?h=hyprland-nvidia-git

[Martinits]

Have this issue on Intel i5-1260p, too. My screen is blank when locked, without screenshot. Using sway-effects-git (swaylock version v1.6.10-4-ga1cf657 (Jan 6 2023, branch 'master')) and sway(1.8) from archlinux. Get logs:

[ WARN:[email protected]] global /build/opencv/src/opencv-4.6.0/modules/videoio/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp (2401) handleMessage OpenCV | GStreamer warning: Embedded video playback halted; module source reported: Could not read from resource.
[ WARN:[email protected]] global /build/opencv/src/opencv-4.6.0/modules/videoio/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp (1356) open OpenCV | GStreamer warning: unable to start pipeline
[ WARN:[email protected]] global /build/opencv/src/opencv-4.6.0/modules/videoio/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp (862) isPipelinePlaying OpenCV | GStreamer warning: GStreamer: pipeline have not been created

update: FYI, sway 1.7-10 on archlinux has no problem. Sth wrong with sway 1.8.

[yannfill]

Same issue as @Martinits with Intel GPU on Arch and Sway 1.8. Worked in Sway 1.7.

Could it be related to this new feature?

More robust and secure screen lockers via the new ext-session-lock-v1 protocol (supported by swaylock)

[lucaslira95]

Same issue here too... (Sway 1.8, Swaylock Effects v1.6.10-4-ga1cf657)

[yannfill]

Seems fixed with latest commit/merge.

[lucaslira95]

After the last commit, the screen blink, then after one second the blur screen appears...

[Haze-sh]

I can confirm it works now.

[jirutka]

Thanks for the confirmation!