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Aug 19, 2021 5:19 AM UTC
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Linux screen sharing broken in new client

 A few days ago, I installed the latest Zoom client (Version 5.7.5 (29123.0808)) on Fedora Linux Release 32. Now "Share Screen" offers only the whiteboard under "Basic". There is no option to actually share the video screen. Yes, I rebooted the system to be sure there was not some other problem. The old client worked great, though it may have been a few versions back. Does anyone else have this problem?

    Explorer
    Aug 19, 2021 7:31 PM UTC

    That was it! I'm not sure why it worked before, but I switched over from Xwayland (Wayland) to Xorg following the instructions at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/configuring-xorg-as-default-gnome-session/. Now screens and application windows appear in the Share Screen dialog window. Thanks!

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    Newcomer
    Jul 26, 2022 6:25 PM UTC

    I am having the same issue here as everyone else. Here's my config:

    • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (64 bit)
    • Gnome 42.2
    • Wayland Windowing
    • AMD Radeon 6800XT
    • Zoom Client 5.11.1 (3595)
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    Newcomer
    Jan 10, 2023 8:01 PM UTC

    I have the issue on the latest Ubuntu as well and am using the x11 env var workaround currently.

    XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 zoom-client &

    I am also using the direct download app rather than the snap version.

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    Newcomer
    Mar 31, 2023 5:18 PM UTC

    I was unable to use the Zoom White Board. The material that others, including the moderator added did not appear.

     

    Here is the solution that worked:  I edited custom.conf and then rebooted.

    sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

    WaylandEnable=false

    WaylandEnable=true

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