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OBS, Orca screen reader and x11: program opens for a few seconds then crashes
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Description
Operating System Info
Other
Other OS
ArchLinux
OBS Studio Version
30.0.2
OBS Studio Version (Other)
No response
OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/FTVzbkLjRel64W5E
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
No response
Expected Behavior
When opening the program in an X11 session under Plasma 6's X11 session or under I3 the program runs but closes itself after a few seconds, all this with the Orca screen reader enabled. I cannot, for obvious reasons, test this with the screen reader disabled, but I do not believe that has anything to do with it.
This does not occur under Wayland, from what I can tell.
I am using the Flatpak.
Current Behavior
The program should not crash under any kind of session.
Steps to Reproduce
- Turn on the orca screen reader
- Open obs under an Xorg session.
Anything else we should know?
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the OBS Studio log at https://obsproject.com/logs/FTVzbkLjRel64W5E and reproducing with Orca enabled in an X11 session on Arch Linux, comparing the reported Wayland behavior. Done means OBS remains open under X11 with Orca enabled; the issue does not identify a source file or test.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- arch-linux, c
- Domain
- accessibility, desktop-dev, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100