VLC playlist causes the UI to freeze and become non-interactable
Affected version
Provide at least the following information:
- Your OS and version: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling - 2022.3
- Affected GNOME Shell version: 42.3.1
- Does this issue appear in XOrg and/or Wayland: X0rg
Bug summary
playing a course in vlc, and when one video ended and the following one started playing my desktop completely froze and I wasn't able to interact with it.
Steps to reproduce
What happened
What did GNOME Shell do that was unexpected?
It froze
What did you expect to happen
wasn't expecting anything to happen
What did you expect GNOME Shell to do?
not freeze
Relevant logs, screenshots, screencasts etc.
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd080adf0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd0815ed0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd080adf0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd0815ed0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd080adf0] chain filter error: Too high level of recursion (3)
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd0815ed0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd08186d0] main filter error: Failed to create video converter
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd00013b0] main vout display error: Failed to create video converter
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd00013b0] main vout display error: Failed to adapt decoder format to display
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fcc000cb0] main video output error: video output creation failed
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4ff4c15300] main decoder error: failed to create video output
Aug 27 06:09:32 kali vlc.desktop[2663]: [00007f4fd0025df0] gl gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.192.1 (API v192)
Aug 27 06:09:33 kali gnome-shell[1309]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x55b72b754690] is on because it needs an allocation.
Aug 27 06:09:33 kali gnome-shell[1309]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x55b7305dfaf0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Aug 27 06:09:33 kali gnome-shell[1309]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x55b72e24d4a0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Aug 27 06:09:34 kali gnome-shell[1309]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x55b72b754690] is on because it needs an allocation.
Aug 27 06:09:34 kali gnome-shell[1309]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x55b7305dfee0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Edited by Andre Klapper