Thanks for the reply. Earlier, taking suggestions from the community I used the default video player and mpv video player which I downloaded from the store app in 18.04. Both work fine with the same files without any freeze. I think it crashes only with the VLC.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830936 Title: Wayland freeze 18.04 using VLC Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I tried Wayland while logging in and it works fine until I try to play some local video file using VLC. Ubuntu freezes completely and I have to power off by pressing the power button. It works fine in the default Xorg Ubuntu session. I have the latest version of VLC that comes with the update which 3.0.6 and Ubuntu 18.04 fully updated. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1830936/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
