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Unable to screen share in ubuntu 22.04

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
April 24, 2022
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I installed zoom on my freshly installed ubuntu 22.04 LTS and I faced a issue where i was only able to share whiteboard instead of my screen and there is no option other than that. How can i enable screen share? Is there any problem because ubuntu adopted wayland instead of xorg?

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ViMu86

Newcomer

Same problem here with latest zoom version (5.10.4) on ubuntu 22.04. LTS. No screens/apps displayed in Screen Sharing.

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AkshayKumar

Newcomer

I am also facing the same issue I updated my ubuntu yesterday and when I want to share my screen there is only one option in basic WHITEBOARD and in the advance options there is a portion share, I tried with portion share but it only shows a black screen, but I am able to see to my video during screen share on the black screen

Zoom community please tell the solution of the problem, is this from your side or the Ubuntu side. Thank you

YaBoiB

Community Champion | Employee

Hello,
My name is Brandon. Thanks for joining the Zoom Community! This is a known issue as others have described. Zoom has created a Support article regarding this issue here https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/6634039380877. This article was created to keep everyone up to date on any changes or any future fixes.

I hope that this helps.

Regards,

Brandon

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twinkler

Newcomer

I have the same problem, also on Ubuntu 22.04 on Wayland. Screen Sharing used to work on Ubuntu 21.10 , also on Wayland (but only for the whole desktop, not single app windows), but not on KDE Wayland. On Xorg it always works, but it is extremely painful to switch the display server every time just to open a Zoom meeting. I would appreciate a timely solution to this problem.

One workaround I found is to join the meeting from a browser (Chrome and Firefox both work), then you can share the whole desktop or single windows. This is good enough for the time being, but not very comfortable and has higher system load than the standalone Zoom app.

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ViMu86

Newcomer

Thanks for the workaround... That might help me until zoom receives a bugfix.

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bimbim

Newcomer

same as me, there's no option for any windows. hope it would be fixed as soon as possible.

ubuntu 22.04

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andrive

Newcomer

Having the same issue on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with the latest Zoom desktop client version 5.10.4 (2845)

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KiwiCraig

Newcomer

Reporting same issue with Zoom, Webex and Skype - affecting all share screen functions - not just a Zoom problen - Wayland ? Trying Gnome

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renanandradebcc

Newcomer

try to do this

Search to the custom.conf in /etc/gdm3/

sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

uncomment the line
#WaylandEnable=false to be WaylandEnable=false

then reboot

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mmohd

Newcomer

Thank you for the solution! it works for me. everyone should try this

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pj_l

Newcomer

I have the exact same issue on 22.04 LTS - only whiteboard sharing available, nothing for screen sharing. Zoom also frequently crashes while attempting to use the "share" feature.

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Akhil_Raj

Newcomer

Restart your system
There is gear icon (bottom right side) on login screen
Which have two options. First one is Ubuntu which is Wayland by default and another one is Ubuntu on Xorg.
You have to go for Ubuntu on Xorg

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mayhplumb

Newcomer

thank you for providing clear GUI instructions for how to switch!

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Shreedhar

Newcomer

Same thing happened with me. I wanted to share the screen and record it. It Just didn't show any option except whiteboard. It allowed me to share part of screen. When I watched the recording it showed nothing but just blank screen. Because of this I switched back to Ubuntu 20.04 immediately...!

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andrea10

Newcomer

Is there a solution that does not involve reverting to X.org?

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triko

Newcomer

Apparently a fix for the underlying issue should be in 5.11.

https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/Wayland-screen-sharing-broken-with-GNOME-41-on-Fedora-35/m-p/58457/highlight/true#M30226

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Shreedhar

Newcomer

zoom v5.11 is released. Will anyone please confirm, if you are able to share the screen in the latest version of the app or not..?

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erickertz

Newcomer

I have 5.11.1 (3595) installed with Ubuntu 22.04 completely up to date and zoom still crashes when screen sharing and using Wayland 😞 . Let me know if there are any logs or something I can share to help fix this issue.

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dayfuaim

Newcomer

I have 5.11.1.3595 too. On Ubuntu 22.04 (Wayland). I.e. it's GNOME 42.
Zoom didn't crash on screen share but didn't share the screen either.

I have this:

So I can conclude that the bug is still here.

UPDATE:

Release notes of June 20, 2022 version 5.11.0 (3540) states: "Resolved an issue regarding sharing content on Gnome 41 with Wayland".
I think now it's time to work on GNOME 42 fix.

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