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October 4, 2022
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change virtual background under Linux

  • October 4, 2022
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Linux Mint (latest version) Zoom (latest version) is installed.
The existing background images can be selected and work without problems.

How can standalone background images be added?


Via the button "plus" (see picture) this unfortunately does not work under Linux.

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    Newcomer
    February 11, 2024

    Hi, i'm also having this problem.

    Virtual background works for pre-installed backgrounds. However, if I select a photo, it doesn't appear for selection as a VB.


    The problem exists using either the Desktop version of Zoom or the Zoom app from the Mint 21.3 repository.

    I have also tried using Ubuntu 22.04 by booting directly into it on the same pc.

     

    My PC spec is

    Kernel: 6.1.0-1033-oem x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: MATE 1.26.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
    Machine:
    Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 21JNCTO1WW v: ThinkPad E16 Gen 1
    serial: <superuser required>
    Mobo: LENOVO model: 21JNCTO1WW serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
    v: R2AET54W(1.29) date: 12/28/2023
    ...
    CPU:
    Info: 10-core (2-mt/8-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-1335U bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP arch: N/A rev: 3 cache: L1: 928 KiB L2: 6.5 MiB L3: 12 MiB
    Speed (MHz): avg: 1431 high: 1659 min/max: 400/4600:3400 cores: 1: 1058
    2: 1164 3: 1469 4: 1080 5: 1650 6: 1558 7: 1659 8: 1569 9: 1586 10: 1577
    11: 1272 12: 1532 bogomips: 59904
    Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
    Graphics:
    Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
    Device-2: Syntek Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 3-7:3
    Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
    OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-P)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 direct render: Yes
    ...
    ...
    Drives:
    Local Storage: total: 2.3 TiB used: 1.56 TiB (67.8%)
    ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD PC SN740 SDDQMQD-1T00-1201 size: 953.87 GiB temp: 44.9 C
    ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme 55AE
    size: 465.73 GiB
    ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JMVW-17S5XS1
    size: 931.48 GiB
    ...Memory: 38.85 GiB used: 4.56 GiB (11.7%)