SDL error on some applications

Issues & Assistance
1

I’m getting this error on several applications:

SDL_StretchSurface missing in SDL3 library.

obs-studio:

debug: Found portal inhibitor
debug: Attempted path: /usr/bin/../share/obs/obs-studio/locale/en-US.ini
debug: Attempted path: /usr/bin/../share/obs/obs-studio/locale.ini
debug: Attempted path: /usr/bin/../share/obs/obs-studio/themes
debug: Attempted path: /usr/bin/../share/obs/obs-studio/themes/
warning: ReadOne on org.freedesktop.portal.Settings returned an invalid reply
warning: [Safe Mode] Unclean shutdown detected!
warning: [Safe Mode] User elected to launch normally.
info: Platform: Wayland
info: CPU Name: AMD Ryzen 5 4600G with Radeon Graphics
info: CPU Speed: 2381.000MHz
info: Physical Cores: 6, Logical Cores: 12
info: Physical Memory: 15353MB Total, 6845MB Free
info: Kernel Version: Linux 6.13.4-2-cachyos
info: Distribution: "CachyOS Linux" Unknown
info: Desktop Environment: KDE (KDE)
info: Session Type: wayland
info: Qt Version: 6.8.2 (runtime), 6.8.1 (compiled)
info: Portable mode: false
info: OBS 31.0.1 (linux)
info: ---------------------------------
info: ---------------------------------
info: audio settings reset:
	samples per sec: 48000
	speakers:        2
	max buffering:   960 milliseconds
	buffering type:  dynamically increasing
info: ---------------------------------
info: Initializing OpenGL...
info: Using EGL/Wayland
info: Initialized EGL 1.5
info: Loading up OpenGL on adapter AMD AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi, renoir, ACO, DRM 3.60, 6.13.4-2-cachyos)
info: OpenGL loaded successfully, version 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 25.0.0-cachyos1.1, shading language 4.60
info: ---------------------------------
info: video settings reset:
	base resolution:   1920x1080
	output resolution: 1280x720
	downscale filter:  Bicubic
	fps:               30/1
	format:            NV12
	YUV mode:          Rec. 709/Partial
info: NV12 texture support enabled
info: P010 texture support not available
info: Audio monitoring device:
	name: Default
	id: default
info: ---------------------------------
warning: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-captions.so'
warning: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-output-ui.so'
libDeckLinkAPI.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
warning: A DeckLink iterator could not be created.  The DeckLink drivers may not be installed
warning: Failed to initialize module 'decklink.so'
info: [pipewire] Available capture sources:
info: [pipewire]     - Monitor source
info: [pipewire]     - Window source
SDL_StretchSurface missing in SDL3 library.
SDL_StretchSurface missing in SDL3 library.
Aborted (core dumped)

kdenlive:

Starting render server
SDL_StretchSurface missing in SDL3 library.
Aborted (core dumped)

haruna (kde video player):

SDL_StretchSurface missing in SDL3 library.
Aborted (core dumped)

Using kdenlive and obs-studio flatpak version is working fine.

2

Is sdl2-compat installed?

3

Yes it is.

Running “yay -Qs sdl” return this:

local/lib32-sdl12-compat 1.2.68-2
    SDL 1.2 runtime compatibility library using SDL 2.0
local/lib32-sdl2-compat 2.32.50-1
    An SDL2 compatibility layer that uses SDL3 behind the scenes - 32-bit
local/lib32-sdl2_image 2.8.4-1
    A simple library to load images of various formats as SDL surfaces
local/lib32-sdl2_mixer 2.8.0-1
    A simple multi-channel audio mixer
local/lib32-sdl2_ttf 2.24.0-1
    Library that allows you to use TrueType fonts in your SDL applications (Version 2) (32-bit)
local/lib32-sdl3 3.2.4-1
    A library for portable low-level access to a video framebuffer, audio output, mouse, and keyboard
    (Version 3) - 32-bit
local/lib32-sdl_image 1.2.12-9
    A simple library to load images of various formats as SDL surfaces (32-bit)
local/lib32-sdl_mixer 1.2.12-6
    A simple multi-channel audio mixer
local/lib32-sdl_ttf 2.0.11-9
    A library that allows you to use TrueType fonts in your SDL applications (32-bit)
local/sdl12-compat 1.2.68-2.1
    SDL 1.2 runtime compatibility library using SDL 2.0
local/sdl2-compat 2.32.50-1.1
    An SDL2 compatibility layer that uses SDL3 behind the scenes
local/sdl2_gfx 1:1.0.4-4.2
    SDL graphics drawing primitives and other support functions (Version 2)
local/sdl2_image 2.8.5-1.1
    A simple library to load images of various formats as SDL surfaces (Version 2)
local/sdl2_mixer 2.8.1-1.1
    A simple multi-channel audio mixer (Version 2)
local/sdl2_ttf 2.24.0-1.2
    A library that allows you to use TrueType fonts in your SDL applications (Version 2)
local/sdl3 1:3.2.0-3
    Simple Directmedia Layer (Version 3)
local/sdl3_image 3.2.0-1
    SDL3 image loading library
local/sdl_image 1.2.12-9.1
    A simple library to load images of various formats as SDL surfaces
local/sdl_mixer 1.2.12-12.1
    A simple multi-channel audio mixer
local/sdl_net 1.2.8-6.1
    A small sample cross-platform networking library
local/sdl_sound 1.0.3-13.1
    A library to decode several popular sound file formats, such as .WAV and .MP3
local/sdl_ttf 2.0.11-7.1
    A library that allows you to use TrueType fonts in your SDL applications
5

sorry first wrong post, but why “yay”
sdl ist still in the repo?

6

Yay can install from the repos too, running “pacman -Qs sdl” returns the same thing

7

maybe but obs-studio (no flatpak) runs like charm without any errors on my system and if you get that error on several application something wrong with youre config…

EDIT: installed kdenlive and runs like it should, no flatpak version

8

I had the same problem a few weeks ago, i fixed it by downgrading the sdl3 package via the octopi package manager. I think it said something like: installed package is newer than the one available in the repositories.