Affects me a swell, Ubuntu 17.10. Hovering mouse over slider under VLC video Window -> 1-3 Minute freeze.
See Bug report on Gnome: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777289 "Gnome wayland session freezes on mouse hovering over slider in VLC" Possible Fix (confirmed by one of the gnome devs here??? -> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777428 ) See commit for VLC here: https://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=ea9923794767e5e65b0cfb3b9b51a2e593c3d75b (remove X11BypassWindowManagerHint from time tooltip) Please backport it to current stable VLC packaged in Ubuntu ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #777289 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777289 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #777428 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777428 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1720901 Title: VLC under Wayland causes system freezes in fullscreen mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1720901/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs