obsproject / obsproject/obs-studio

wayland/crash in multi seat environments: wl_seat.get_keyboard called when no keyboard capability has existed

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Description

Operating System Info

Other

Other OS

Arch Linux

OBS Studio Version

32.0.2

OBS Studio Version (Other)

No response

OBS Studio Log URL

https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20550343/obs_console_output.txt

OBS Studio Crash Log URL

No response

Expected Behavior

See old ticket

Current Behavior

See old ticket

Steps to Reproduce

See old ticket

Anything else we should know?

This is a repost of issue 12237 since it was closed with "Not our issue, it is on Qt." and it clearly IS an OBS issue, not a QT issue.

There are even 2 open PRs that fix this.

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/12302
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/12293

You can find all the necessary info in the old ticket.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked old issue 12237 and review the proposed fixes in PRs 12302 and 12293, using the attached OBS console output for context. Confirm the multi-seat reproduction and identify which existing proposal prevents wl_seat.get_keyboard from being called without keyboard capability; done means the crash no longer occurs in that environment and relevant checks pass.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c, linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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