OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) Not Working On Manjaro Linux 2024

[apollo_wayne]

Hey!

OBS-Studio is not working on my Manjaro GNOME, and I have tried all sorts of installations: flatpak, pacman, yay, and everything I was able to find online.

But OBS is not starting.

I know it runs because my laptop fans are taking off, but nothing happens on screen.

If OBS is not working on Manjaro, can you please recommend me a similar software? (I really do need it for work)

[Hanzel]

Hi!

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[apollo_wayne]

Thank you!

I managed to get it to work by running it in the terminal. (I feel like a complete idiot now )

I thought I could just click the icon and it will work.

If anybody comes here with the same problem, here’s the solution:

Install OBS

flatpak install flathub com.obsproject.Studio

Run OBS (whenever you want to open it, you must run this in the terminal)

flatpak run com.obsproject.Studio

[soundofthunder]

@apollo_wayne

I managed to get it to work by running it in the terminal. (I feel like a complete idiot now )

I’m glad you found a workaround, however, installing OBS from the official Manjaro repositories is likely to be less troublesome. You might even be surprised with a launcher to click.

sudo pacman -S obs-studio

(Remove the flatpak version beforehand)

Cheers.

[apollo_wayne]

I have tried that before and it is not opening

[soundofthunder]

@apollo_wayne

I have tried that before and it is not opening

OBS fom the official repositories works without issue here. Your issue is then specific to your setup/configuration; with what precisely, all I can offer is… as I don’t have a . Good luck with that .

Flatpak packages (by design) are isolated from any messed up system configurations, so they can sometimes work as expected; at least you have that.

Cheers.

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[Mirdarthos]

@soundofthunder

There was a sale on emoji this week.

you!