I use the latest Debian version (5.7.6) of the Zoom client on Ubuntu 20.04. At seemingly random times (but about once or twice every day), the Zoom application starts by itself without any intervention on my part. This happens while the application was previously shut down (i.e. not just minimized). This has been happening ever since I used Zoom on Linux, in all versions of the client, three different computers and at least two versions of Ubuntu (18.04 and 20.04).

I tried searching whether some cron job or something else would cause Zoom to start, but did not find anything. The last time Zoom started by itself, I used htop to see what its parent process was (see attached screenshot), but did not get very far (parent process is /sbin/init).

My two questions are:

1. Could you explain what is starting Zoom?
2. Could you tell me how to stop it from doing this?

Best,

Sylvain

I know this is not a new problem for Zoom users on a Mac. I am running Zoom Version: 5.10.4 (6592) on Mac Monterey. I have a Revelator mic as well as a interface with an AKG 414 mic that I use for recording attached to my computer.  During a meeting Zoom will switch mics up 10-20 times. I want to use the Revelator mic for Zoom but I get big white writing flash up on the screen telling me that my Default mic has been changed. During this time the other side can't hear me. I know I'm not the only one https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/Microphone-keeps-switching/m-p/16597

and the Zoom suggestion of  do not select the box for "Automatically join audio by computer when joining a meeting". doesn't help. 

It's a huge problem as I teach online for a living and it makes me look unprofessional. Any help gratefully accepted. 

I have the Outlook app on my iphone to receive email from work as well as to access calendars for the executives I work for.  I used to be able to create zoom meetings on behalf of each executive on their calendars from my phone.  It's set up as I have shared access to their calendars.   However, for some reason, now I can only set up zoom meetings for myself (my own zoom room), but the zoom option no longer appears when I try and set up a meeting for them.  The zoom and teams option used to be available as a choice under Location when I click a slot on their calendar to set up a meeting.  Now there's only the Teams option for them.  I can do it perfectly fine on Outlook on my work computer.  Even the IT department doesn't know how to fix this issue and get the zoom option back.

My screen sharing works fine and I can use all the tools to annotate. But as soon as I give remote control to another participant and they click on my screen (using any of the annotation tools) - the window I'm sharing collapses.  It happens randomly with different participants. Sometimes it doesn't happen in one meeting but happens in the next one with the same person. 

In the past, all meeting participants came in muted, but could unmute themselves.  That's what we would like to have happen.

In the past week, participants are coming in unmuted.   I changed the admin setting (don't know why it was suddenly unselected - I didn't do it),  but the setting now says,  

Since I can remember, zoom crashes around 15 minutes into a call (entire app crash). So I use the browser instead, which is fine, but it doesn't support the nice virtual background.

How does a web conferencing technology with so much market share crash on Linux?

Version of zoom (though I've periodically tried the zoom client since maybe a year ago, and it always has the same behavior - crashes after 15 minutes into a meeting.)

zoom version:
zoom-5.10.7-1

uname -r
5.17.7-arch1-1-surface

sudo dmesg | grep zoom
audit: type=1701 audit(XXX): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=100 ses=1 pid=52784 comm="play_webrtc" exe="/opt/zoom/zoom" sig=24 res=1