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Zoom AI Companion2024-11-12 09:18 AM - edited 2024-11-12 09:30 AM
zoom screen sharing has worked for me under Linux for some time, both under the native client and using the web browser. I recently upgraded the native client, and screen share stopped working in the native client. The button is present, but when I use it and designate an application or a screen, I get a black rectangle over the window or screen. The black rectangle appears in the screenshare and also over the application or screen. If i drag the application window, while I'm dragging it, I can see the contents and the black rectangle stays in the old location, but as soon as I release it, a black rectangle covers the window again.
More detail: the version is zoom 6.2.3. Note that this is the "zoomgov" release, latest zoomgov version as of this writing, amd64, for Ubuntu 18.04+. This is under kubuntu Linux 22.04.
edit: looks like this is a dupe of https://community.zoom.com/t5/Zoom-Meetings/Sharing-windows-or-desktops-on-Ubuntu-22-04-blocks-acces... but I don't have permissions to close this.
Workaround: use the web browser version.