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May 23, 2022
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Zoom for Linux Fails to Open Meeting Link

  • May 23, 2022
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So, Zoom supposedly installed.

 

I click on the meeting link in an e-mail, Firefox opens and asks for an application to open the link.

 

Now, what?

 

I just installed Zoom, so why doesn't a file/link association exist?

 

I navigate to /opt/zoom and double-click on the zoom file, and nothing happens.

 

How does one join a Zoom meeting in Linux?

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    ebsfAuthor
    Newcomer
    May 23, 2022

    I just learned that, because Ubuntu 22.04 installs Firefox in a snap, Zoom can't function in that environment.

     

    The devs better get working on that.

    ebsfAuthor
    Newcomer
    May 23, 2022

    See here.

    Newcomer
    July 4, 2022

    Even from the command line, it doesn't work - you can run

    zoom "https://zoom.us/j/<id>?pwd=<password>"

     and this doesn't work. Zoom opens to the UI as if you hadn't specified the URL. Nothing interesting in the logs - it gets the correct command line, starts the zoom, process, spits out some complaints about PulseAudio not running (sound isn't an issue once joining the meeting though).

     

    I am not missing any libraries

    ldd /usr/bin/zoom
    linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc41986000)
    libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f4c57e4a000)
    libstdc++.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f4c57800000)
    libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f4c57b19000)
    libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f4c57e2a000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f4c57400000)
    /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f4c57e6b000)

     

    The only bit of the logs that gave me pause was "Error: Send error, 22 Invalid argument", but that has been around for ages.

     

    [CZPClientLogMgr::LogClientEnvironment] [MacAddr: <snip>][client: Linux][OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS x64][Hardware: CPU Core:8 Frenquency:0.4 G Memory size:31514MB CPU Brand:AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS with Radeon Graphics GPU Brand:][Req ID: ]
    Linux Client Version is 5.11.1 (3595)
    QSG_RENDER_LOOP is
    XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP = ubuntu:GNOME; GDMSESSION = ubuntu; XDG_SESSION_TYPE = x11
    Graphics Card Info:: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)
    04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cezanne (rev c4)
    Zoom package arch is 64bit, runing OS arch is x86_64
    qt.scenegraph.general: threaded render loop
    qt.scenegraph.general: Using sg animation driver
    qt.scenegraph.general: Animation Driver: using vsync: 6.94 ms
    AppIconMgr::systemDesktopName log Desktop Name: ubuntu
    Error: Send error, 22 Invalid argument
    Error: Send error, 22 Invalid argument
    Error: Send error, 22 Invalid argument
    qt.scenegraph.general: Using sg animation driver
    qt.scenegraph.general: Animation Driver: using vsync: 6.94 ms
    qt.scenegraph.general: texture atlas dimensions: 1024x512
    qt.scenegraph.general: R/G/B/A Buffers: 8 8 8 8
    qt.scenegraph.general: Depth Buffer: 24
    qt.scenegraph.general: Stencil Buffer: 8
    qt.scenegraph.general: Samples: -1
    qt.scenegraph.general: GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
    qt.scenegraph.general: GL_RENDERER: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
    qt.scenegraph.general: GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.48.07

     

    Newcomer
    December 5, 2022

    Same issue here, Ubuntu 20.10 with Flatpak Zoom (the only one which works for me) and Snap-free Firefox.
    I usually copy the Meeting ID and the Password out of the URL to paste it in the Desktop app. Annoying, but works.