diff --git a/src/freeze.rs b/src/freeze.rs
index 68a2051..02e6c73 100644
--- a/src/freeze.rs
+++ b/src/freeze.rs
@@ -538,23 +538,16 @@ fn alloc_dmabuf_capture(
         }
     };
 
-    // RENDERING | SCANOUT: we need a buffer the compositor can both write into
-    // (screencopy) and display (layer surface attachment). LINEAR is intentionally
-    // omitted - drivers may not support it for a given format, causing EINVAL.
-    // Instead we read the actual modifier back from the allocated BO and forward
-    // it to zwp_linux_buffer_params_v1 so the compositor interprets the tiling
-    // correctly.
+    // RENDERING | LINEAR: LINEAR forces DRM_FORMAT_MOD_LINEAR (0) so that any
+    // compositor accepting zwp_linux_buffer_params_v1 will import the buffer.
     let bo = match gbm.create_buffer_object::<()>(
         offer.width,
         offer.height,
         fmt,
-        BufferObjectFlags::RENDERING | BufferObjectFlags::SCANOUT,
+        BufferObjectFlags::RENDERING | BufferObjectFlags::LINEAR,
     ) {
         Ok(b) => b,
-        Err(e) => {
-            eprintln!("blast: freeze: dmabuf: GBM alloc: {e}");
-            return false;
-        }
+        Err(_) => return false,
     };
 
     let stride = bo.stride();
@@ -569,7 +562,6 @@ fn alloc_dmabuf_capture(
             return false;
         }
     };
-
     let params = linux_dmabuf.create_params(qh, ());
     params.add(dma_fd.as_fd(), 0, 0, stride, modifier_hi, modifier_lo);
     // dma_fd drops here; the compositor has already dup'd it inside add().