[Bug 2142905] Re: Bug report. Global hotkeys not working in OBS Studio (Flatpak) on Kubuntu 25.10

Note: The root of this bug does not lie within the isolated Flatpak
environment. I have installed the APT version of OBS Studio, and the
issue is identical—global hotkeys still do not work. I believe the core
problem is the overall flawed concept of Wayland. However, everything is
fixable.

I consider it extremely irresponsible of Canonical's management to
forcibly impose Wayland while sophisticatedly blocking X11, all without
contributing financially to Wayland's development to resolve its
critical flaws. Currently, there isn't a single screen recording
application that functions correctly on Wayland.

I sincerely urge Canonical's management to begin contributing to
Wayland's development, either through funding or by assigning dedicated
developers. Alternatively, X11 should be unblocked by default.
Unfortunately, I have been unable to find any documentation or guide on
how to re-enable X.org in this version.

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Title:
Bug report. Global hotkeys not working in OBS Studio (Flatpak) on
Kubuntu 25.10

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
New

Bug description:
Dear Canonical Developers,

Wayland is effectively in an alpha state and contains several critical
bugs. Why are you forcing this broken and unusable software onto
Ubuntu users? Why have you blocked the use of X11? What is the purpose
of this?

Dear Canonical Developers,
I am asking you to either completely get rid of this trash called Wayland or, as a second option, start developing and fixing the critical bugs in this software. Canonical has enough financial resources to fund its proper development.

Dear Developers,
Wayland is a nightmare for those developing screen recording software. You are putting too much strain on these developers. Please fix these critical issues. Described below is just one of many unsolvable problems that screen recorder developers are currently facing.
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Global hotkeys not working in OBS Studio (Flatpak) on Kubuntu 25.10
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I am experiencing an issue with global hotkeys in OBS Studio.

Environment:

    OS: Kubuntu 25.10

    Version: OBS Studio (Flatpak)

    Display Server: Wayland

The Problem: Hotkeys for "Pause" and "Resume" recording only work when
the OBS Studio window is focused in the foreground. If I am recording
another application and that application has focus, the hotkeys do not
work at all.

Questions: Is this a Wayland-related issue? I know that Kubuntu/Ubuntu
now enforces Wayland by default. While X11 is installed, there is no
option to select it at the login screen (SDDM).

I haven't found any working guide on how to resolve this or how to
force an X11 session.

How can I get global hotkeys to work in the background on Wayland, or
how can I switch back to X11?

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