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Comara
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September 22, 2025
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Sharing in Wayland Works Only The First Time

  • September 22, 2025
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Currently using Arch Linux with Wayland.  With the latest zoom installed (6.6.0), using pipewire for sharing.  The first time I try to share a screen or window, it works fine.  If I stop sharing and try to share again, it only shares a completely black window or screen.  

Immediately after I stop sharing the first time, I get the following messages in ~/.zoom/logs/zoom_stdout_stderr.log

*** pw_stream_set_active called from wrong context, check thread and locking: Operation not permitted
*** impl_ext_end_proxy called from wrong context, check thread and locking: Operation not permitted
'this->recurse > 0' failed at ../pipewire/src/pipewire/thread-loop.c:62 do_unlock()

I cannot figure out if this is a zoom problem or a pipewire problem.

Everything works fine in X11.

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    Mike Fonseca
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    March 16, 2026

    Same issue. Is there any chance this ever gets fixed? Makes working on linux really difficult. 

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      Aaron Griffin
      March 17, 2026

      Running into the same issues as well.

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      Clint Ryan
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      March 23, 2026

      I’m also experiencing this on Wayland.
      X11 is fine and I’ve resorted to using this again as my workaround.

      Come on Zoom - you’ve got this!

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      Pedro L
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      March 27, 2026

      The release notes for version 7.0.0 (1666) - released March 24th - said “Resolved an issue where screen sharing was not working on the Zoom desktop app for Linux on Wayland”. So i gave it a try and screen sharing has been working reliably so far.

      https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0061222#mcetoc_1jk3p0297b2

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      Yevhen Yashchenko
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      March 31, 2026

      I’m using the version 7.0.0 (1666) and it still works for the first time only.

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      DalongChen
      Employee
      April 2, 2026

      Could you help share your Linux environment spec? Are you using wayland + gnome + nvdia graphics? What is the version of your nvdia graphics driver if so? 

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      Kate Parker
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      April 2, 2026

      Hey Comara,

      This is a known headache with Zoom's implementation of the PipeWire portal on Wayland. The "Operation not permitted" error usually means the PipeWire stream isn't being torn down correctly after the first session, leaving the portal in a hung state.

      A few things usually fix this on Arch:

      Check your Portals: Ensure you have xdg-desktop-portal-wlr (for wlroots) or xdg-desktop-portal-gnome/kde installed, along with xdg-desktop-portal-gtk. Sometimes having multiple conflicting portals causes the hang.

      The "Legacy" Toggle: In Zoom settings, go to Share Screen > Advanced and try toggling "Use IPP mode" or changing the screen capture method to "PipeWire" specifically if it's set to Auto.

      Environmental Variable: Try launching Zoom with the following flag to force the ozone layer to handle the windowing better:
      XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME zoom (or whatever DE you are using).

      Restart the Portal: If it happens again, you can usually reset it without restarting your PC by running:
      systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal

      If none of that works, many Arch users have switched to using the Zoom Flatpak version. It handles the portal permissions and PipeWire handshakes much more reliably than the AUR or native package right now.

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      James Smite
      Explorer
      April 2, 2026

      Looks like a Wayland + PipeWire issue rather than Zoom itself. I’ve seen similar behavior sometimes restarting the PipeWire session or using xdg-desktop-portal fixes it. Otherwise, sticking to X11 for now might be the more stable option.

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      tom cary
      Explorer
      April 2, 2026

      Looks like a Wayland/pipewire compatibility issue. Since it works fine on X11, the black screen on repeated shares is likely due to PipeWire session handling in Wayland. You might want to check for Zoom updates, PipeWire patches, or try using xwayland as a temporary workaround.

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      Clint Ryan
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      April 2, 2026

      My system KDE/Fedora is up to date with all packages. Other applications work fine, for me too. I’m just using X11 for the moment to circumvent. 

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        April 7, 2026

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