One of monitors turns black when taking screenshot with spectacle
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When pressing a hotkey to capture a region, or when using the UI button, in **Spectacle** on **Ubuntu 24.04** with **KDE Neon** *(manully installed)*, one of my monitors turns black. I then have to replug it in or disable-enable in the settings.
There are three monitors: laptop's built-in, a Philips connected via USB-C -> HDMI *(works)* and an MSI connected via HDMI *(doesn't work)*
I tried to:
- unplug/disable all other screens including built-in laptop screen
- remove all hotkeys and only use the capture UI button *(to diagnose potential hotkey conflicts)*
- install spectacle from snap store instead of the bundled one *(doesn't work with KDE Neon)*
- use shutter instead *(doesn't work on Wayland)*
- use flameshot instead *(doesn't work with multiple monitors)*
- reset all monitors' scale to 100%
Notably:
- it only happens to one particular monitor *(independent of monitor arrangement or the output it is plugged into)*
- [running](https://pastebin.com/QD6dibpG)
spectacle -m
or capturing the "current screen" does not cause the issue, it is only region capture that does
- [running](https://pastebin.com/QD6dibpG) spectacle -r
also turns the monitor black
- even though the screen turns black, **the output is still correct** *(the screenshot of the region is properly taken)*
- after going black, the monitor is still connected *(does not show "awaiting input")*
- for a split second, I can see the capturing overlay, then the screen goes black
- it is not shut off, the backlight is visible, its just black
- locking the computer and unlocking it does not restore the image
This started happening after I switched from KDE to KDE Neon. I might've broken some dependency of spectacle in the process, but I'm not sure how to check that, and the spectacle logs have no errors.
Restarting the PC after installing upgrades. Now *every restart* fixes the issue temporarily. After a restart, everything works, then after some time stops and breaks (I'm still trying to find the exact action that breaks it)
Edit: Using "PixelTaken" as an alternative, the issue is also present.
Asked by Vaqxai
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Oct 29, 2024, 09:42 AM
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