commit: 72c7c394a58c59269bdb8af838014ff94ccb9cdc Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Jul 13 09:49:11 2023 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Thu Jul 13 09:49:11 2023 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=72c7c394
media-video/pipewire: add note re kwin/mutter KWin and Mutter need to be restarted after upgrading (most) PipeWire versions to keep screencasting working. KWin no longer crashes w/ >=0.3.74 though. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/908490 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> media-video/pipewire/pipewire-0.3.74.ebuild | 7 +++++++ media-video/pipewire/pipewire-9999.ebuild | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/media-video/pipewire/pipewire-0.3.74.ebuild b/media-video/pipewire/pipewire-0.3.74.ebuild index f4759dc2e89a..dfb5716fd7bf 100644 --- a/media-video/pipewire/pipewire-0.3.74.ebuild +++ b/media-video/pipewire/pipewire-0.3.74.ebuild @@ -335,6 +335,13 @@ pkg_postinst() { local ver for ver in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ; do + if has_version kde-plasma/kwin[screencast] || has_version x11-wm/mutter[screencast] ; then + # https://bugs.gentoo.org/908490 + # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/3243 + ewarn "Please restart KWin/Mutter after upgrading PipeWire." + ewarn "Screencasting may not work until you do." + fi + if ver_test ${ver} -le 0.3.66-r1 ; then elog ">=pipewire-0.3.66 uses the 'pipewire' group to manage permissions" elog "and limits needed to function smoothly:" diff --git a/media-video/pipewire/pipewire-9999.ebuild b/media-video/pipewire/pipewire-9999.ebuild index f4759dc2e89a..dfb5716fd7bf 100644 --- a/media-video/pipewire/pipewire-9999.ebuild +++ b/media-video/pipewire/pipewire-9999.ebuild @@ -335,6 +335,13 @@ pkg_postinst() { local ver for ver in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ; do + if has_version kde-plasma/kwin[screencast] || has_version x11-wm/mutter[screencast] ; then + # https://bugs.gentoo.org/908490 + # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/3243 + ewarn "Please restart KWin/Mutter after upgrading PipeWire." + ewarn "Screencasting may not work until you do." + fi + if ver_test ${ver} -le 0.3.66-r1 ; then elog ">=pipewire-0.3.66 uses the 'pipewire' group to manage permissions" elog "and limits needed to function smoothly:"
