I installed Peek using Snap and due to all the problems using Snap, the author of Peek recently pulled support for Snap packages. So the fix to this is 1. Don't use Wayland 2. Use non-snap packages, for instance Flatpak.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/870bcn/snap_support_for_peek_screen_recorder_discontinued/ https://github.com/phw/peek/issues/245#issuecomment-375966170 https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/screen-recording-on-wayland/3563 ** Bug watch added: github.com/phw/peek/issues #245 https://github.com/phw/peek/issues/245 -- 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/1727742 Title: "peek" hangs gnome-shell Wayland sessions (but not Xorg) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1727742/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs