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share screen linux wayland broken

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June 18, 2024
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Hi, I just installed Zoom client 6.1 on openSuSE and screen sharing is not showing any option anymore on Basic, but only under Advance tab, and there in this one I can only select Screen Portion, but also cannot confirm the screen sharing. Please fix it or let me know how to downgrade to previous version. Thanks in advance!

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Best answer by freeseek

I agree with @justifru as the following workaround:

sudo apt install cinnamon lightdm
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

then selecting lightdm and then restarting fixed the problem for me on Ubuntu 24.10

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guycarmin

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Same issue on Fedora 40 / 41 and KDE

MGSR

Community Manager

Hello Community members,

I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

This issue is still being actively worked on by our engineering team for a solution.

We do not have an estimated time when it will be fixed, but we will update you on this thread once we have the information.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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purep

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Highly appreciate the updates

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JoergP

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Version 6.2.5 (2440) came in today ... the problem remains 😞

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luke187

Newcomer

Yep, still waiting for a fix (6.2.5 didn't) 🙂 The fix would be highly appreciated.

A workaround is using a browser as a second attendee for screen sharing...

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Silvio-Ginter

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I recommend using OBS and its virtual camera capability. Then when screen sharing in Zoom, select "Content from 2nd camera" under advanced tab. Still a workaround, but a way better one.

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freeseekAnswer

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I agree with @justifru as the following workaround:

sudo apt install cinnamon lightdm
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

then selecting lightdm and then restarting fixed the problem for me on Ubuntu 24.10

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Silvio-Ginter

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Well, you could just have switched Gnome or Plasma to an X11 Session, which does not introduce the obstacle of getting used to a new DE.

Just to clarify. Cinnamon does not support Wayland yet, and this in combination with Pipewire introduces the issue described here. You simply eliminated Wayland as a factor, when switching to an DE that exclusively uses X11.

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freeseek

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You are correct. I did not switch away from GNOME, I am still using GNOME, but I am using GNOME with X11 as a result. It is not a solution by all means but it is still a workaround that allows me to keep using Zoom. The fact that this has gone unfixed for three months is quite worrisome

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JML9

Newcomer

Correct. Switching back to X11 is not an option. Solutions that promote less secure workarounds should not be promoted.

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qlands

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Stop screen sharing still hangs with Zoom 6.2.5 (2440) on Kubutu 24.10 KDE 6. Do you have any idea when this could be fixed? It has been reported that 6.0.X works. Where can I download the deb file?

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Jay2645

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Yes, Zoom 6.0.12 works fine: https://zoom.us/client/6.0.12.5501/zoom_amd64.deb

You can reverse-engineer the URL for any given release by looking at the release notes: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0061222

You will see version info that looks like 6.2.6 (2503) - that indicates that you should go to the URL https://zoom.us/client/<VERSION NUMBER>.<NUMBER IN PARENTHESIS>/zoom_amd64.deb

This also works for the Fedora RPM etc.

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JoergP

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Today updated to v6.2.6 (2503) ... problem remains 😣

GNOME 47.1, on openSUSE Tumbleweed, libpipewire 1.2.6

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djallits

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Same setup, same result. This ticket should never have been marked as closed.

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sergemuur

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It's such a frustrating situation when I can use neither official tar.xz nor flatpak, because the former has a broken screen sharing and the latter (although not having sharing issues) won't load any calendar info as well as any scheduled meetings. Both versions have had these problems for several months or even more. I'm bummed to see all the minor issues being rapidly addressed in hot-fix releases and a bunch of new AI stuff added, yet still there's this "working on a solution" for such a widespread bug. Nuts!

Does anyone have the same prob with the flatpak version?

GNOME 47, Archlinux on Wayland, Zoom 6.2.6, Pipewire 1.2.6