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=== Assistant: This is a classic Discord-on-Linux issue, not a CachyOS-only problem. ===
This is a classic Discord-on-Linux issue, not a CachyOS-only problem. Since Discord Web works in Chrome but the Discord app doesn’t, the problem is almost certainly Wayland + Electron + PipeWire related.

I’ll give you fixes in order of likelihood. Don’t restart unless I explicitly say so.

==== KDE Plasma on CachyOS defaults to Wayland. ====

Run:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

</syntaxhighlight>

If it says:
* wayland → continue (this is the problem)
* x11 → tell me (different fix)

==== Discord’s screen sharing is broken on native Wayland. ====

===== <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">pkill Discord =====

</syntaxhighlight>

===== <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">DISCORD_USE_WAYLAND=0 discord =====

</syntaxhighlight>

Now try streaming.

✅ If this works → we’ll make it permanent
❌ If not → go to step 3

==== So you don’t have to run commands every time. ====

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">cp /usr/share/applications/discord.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
nano ~/.local/share/applications/discord.desktop

</syntaxhighlight>

Find this line:

<syntaxhighlight>Exec=/usr/bin/discord

</syntaxhighlight>

Change it to:

<syntaxhighlight>Exec=env DISCORD_USE_WAYLAND=0 /usr/bin/discord

</syntaxhighlight>

Save and exit:
* Ctrl + O
* Enter
* Ctrl + X

Log out & log back in (not full reboot).

==== Run: ====

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">sudo pacman -S --needed pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-kde

</syntaxhighlight>

Then restart only PipeWire, not your system:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">systemctl --user restart pipewire wireplumber xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-kde

</syntaxhighlight>

==== In Discord: ====

<syntaxhighlight>Settings → Advanced → Hardware Acceleration → OFF

</syntaxhighlight>

Close Discord → reopen → test stream again.

==== - Discord Web (Chrome) → fully supports PipeWire + Wayland ====
* Discord App → Electron + outdated Wayland support = broken capture
* Chrome handles screen portals correctly; Discord app often doesn’t

This is Discord’s fault, not CachyOS or KDE.

==== Choose ONE: ====

===== - Use Discord Web in Chrome =====
* Best stability, zero hacks

===== - Keep Discord app forced to XWayland =====
* Slightly worse performance, but works

==== Reply with: ====
# Output of echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
# Does Step 2 work or not?

I’ll dial it in perfectly after that.