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monosoul
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Sep 9, 2022 11:03 AM UTC
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Black screen when sharing screen on Wayland (Fedora 37, GNOME, 5.11.10.4400)

Hi!

 

I use Fedora 37 with GNOME DE and Wayland. Whenever I'm trying to share a screen using the app other people are just seeing a black screen. I can confirm this behavior if I do a recording.

 

My setup:

OS: Fedora Linux 37 (Workstation Edition) x86_64 
Host: 20VX006CGE ThinkPad P14s Gen 2i 
Kernel: 6.1.11-200.fc37.x86_64 
Resolution: 3440x1440 
DE: GNOME 43.3 
WM: Mutter 
CPU: 11th Gen Intel i7-1165G7 (8) @ 4.700GHz 
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro T500 Mobile 
GPU: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] 
Memory: 13640MiB / 31820MiB 

 

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    ericyoung
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    Sep 12, 2022 1:18 AM UTC

    Same for me, fedora 36, nvidia 3080ti, wayland.  both the rpm and flatpak are blank windows.

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      ericyoung
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      Sep 12, 2022 1:18 AM UTC

      The wayland hump probably has 5 years to go.  gonna be quite a ride.

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        straurob
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        Oct 6, 2022 10:58 AM UTC

        I'm experiencing the same behavior with Zoom 5.12. Zoom basically supports screen sharing since version 5.11 but it looks as if something broke again.

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        DenisZ
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        Nov 12, 2022 9:51 AM UTC

        Hi @straurob, Have you been able to share screen/window in any of the previous versions (5.11.xx)?

        I tried to downgrade to 5.11.10 but same issue..  I'll stry 5.11.9 which I found link

        https://cdn.zoom.us/prod/5.11.9.4300/zoom_x86_64.rpm

         

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        straurob
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        Nov 14, 2022 7:01 AM UTC

        Unfortunately, I haven't found any solution so far. The only thing which works for me is is using X11 instead of Wayland. There is also a support ticket for that case but it its final result is: "Wait until Zoom fixed this". 😑

         

        I'll try your hint with using the nouveau driver although this has raised other issues on my system using two external displays.

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        DenisZ
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        Nov 12, 2022 8:46 AM UTC

        I can confirm same issue also on F36 Wayland different laptops, always blank screen.  When I try to share on laptop with 2 additional displays, it will always put sharing controls on the laptop screen and not where sharing window is located.  I've tried 5.12.2 and 5.12.6 and same issue

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          DZv
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          Nov 13, 2022 12:21 PM UTC

          Check if you are using nvidia driver, and try with nouveau and it should work

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          monosoulAuthor
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          Nov 14, 2022 12:30 PM UTC

          Sorry, but even using X11 is a better advice than this.

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          monosoulAuthor
          Explorer
          Nov 14, 2022 12:32 PM UTC

          By now even Telegram client on Linux has a properly working screen sharing in Wayland. Makes me wonder what's the issue with making it to work properly in Zoom.

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          ericyoung
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          Nov 14, 2022 3:31 PM UTC

          The only real solution is to use the web version of zoom while on linux.

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          DenisZ
          Explorer
          Nov 15, 2022 7:22 PM UTC

          Web version of zoom scales 16:9 picture into 4:3 so it looks funny, and not settings to change it. (when external camera is connected)

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          neutrino
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          Feb 16, 2023 5:00 PM UTC

          I have a Dell XPS 15 laptop (hybrid video: nvidia + intel) with Fedora 37 (Gnome, Wayland) installed. And I can confirm that during screen sharing other people just see a black screen. When this issue will be fixed? I don't want to install the nouveau driver or use X11 just because of one app.

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          lolsniperftw
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          Feb 19, 2023 11:04 AM UTC

          I am facing the same issue and I kind of believe it is not something that can be fixed by Zoom but rather needs to be fixed in the Nvidia driver.

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          monosoulAuthor
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          Feb 20, 2023 8:26 AM UTC

          Screen sharing works for me in other apps, like Telegram or Slack (basically, all electron-based apps) and ofc in Chromium and Firefox. Pretty sure this is something that has to be fixed in Zoom.

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          bwyazel
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          Apr 22, 2023 10:50 PM UTC

          Sorry to necro bumb this thread, but this is likely to do with your screen resolution. Using Wayland + Zoom  + anything non-16:9 resolution will result in black/garbled images. It's been reported elsewhere that a workaround is to use the web client or change your resolution to 16:9 until they can sort out this bug. (Neither are great options, it's just all we have atm).

          https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/Wayland-screen-sharing-broken-on-high-res-beyond-1080p-displays/m-p/73377

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