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franciscolucas
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Jun 18, 2024 4:13 PM UTC
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share screen linux wayland broken

Hi, I just installed Zoom client 6.1 on openSuSE and screen sharing is not showing any option anymore on Basic, but only under Advance tab, and there in this one I can only select Screen Portion, but also cannot confirm the screen sharing. Please fix it or let me know how to downgrade to previous version. Thanks in advance!

    freeseekAnswer
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    Oct 24, 2024 8:42 PM UTC

    I agree with @justifru as the following workaround:

     

     

    sudo apt install cinnamon lightdm sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

     

     

    then selecting lightdm and then restarting fixed the problem for me on Ubuntu 24.10

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    guycarmin
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    Oct 14, 2024 10:11 AM UTC

    Same issue on Fedora 40 / 41 and KDE

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      MGSR
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      Oct 17, 2024 5:02 PM UTC

      Hello Community members,

      I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

      This issue is still being actively worked on by our engineering team for a solution.

      We do not have an estimated time when it will be fixed, but we will update you on this thread once we have the information.

      Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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        purep
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        Oct 21, 2024 3:25 AM UTC

        Highly appreciate the updates

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        JoergP
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        Oct 23, 2024 7:31 AM UTC

        Version 6.2.5 (2440) came in today ... the problem remains 😞

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          luke187
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          Oct 24, 2024 7:53 AM UTC

          Yep, still waiting for a fix (6.2.5 didn't) 🙂 The fix would be highly appreciated.

          A workaround is using a browser as a second attendee for screen sharing...

           

           

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          Silvio-Ginter
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          Oct 24, 2024 11:06 PM UTC

          I recommend using OBS and its virtual camera capability. Then when screen sharing in Zoom, select "Content from 2nd camera" under advanced tab. Still a workaround, but a way better one.

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            freeseekAnswer
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            Oct 24, 2024 8:42 PM UTC

            I agree with @justifru as the following workaround:

             

             

            sudo apt install cinnamon lightdm sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

             

             

            then selecting lightdm and then restarting fixed the problem for me on Ubuntu 24.10

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            Silvio-Ginter
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            Oct 24, 2024 11:03 PM UTC

            Well, you could just have switched Gnome or Plasma to an X11 Session, which does not introduce the obstacle of getting used to a new DE.

             

            Just to clarify. Cinnamon does not support Wayland yet, and this in combination with Pipewire introduces the issue described here. You simply eliminated Wayland as a factor, when switching to an DE that exclusively uses X11.

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              freeseek
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              Oct 25, 2024 5:40 PM UTC

              You are correct. I did not switch away from GNOME, I am still using GNOME, but I am using GNOME with X11 as a result. It is not a solution by all means but it is still a workaround that allows me to keep using Zoom. The fact that this has gone unfixed for three months is quite worrisome

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                JML9
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                Oct 25, 2024 5:19 PM UTC

                Correct. Switching back to X11 is not an option. Solutions that promote less secure workarounds should not be promoted.

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                  qlands
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                  Oct 26, 2024 11:27 AM UTC

                  Stop screen sharing still hangs with Zoom 6.2.5 (2440) on Kubutu 24.10 KDE 6. Do you have any idea when this could be fixed? It has been reported that 6.0.X works. Where can I download the deb file?

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                  Jay2645
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                  Oct 29, 2024 4:31 AM UTC

                  Yes, Zoom 6.0.12 works fine: https://zoom.us/client/6.0.12.5501/zoom_amd64.deb

                  You can reverse-engineer the URL for any given release by looking at the release notes: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0061222

                   

                  You will see version info that looks like 6.2.6 (2503) - that indicates that you should go to the URL https://zoom.us/client/<VERSION NUMBER>.<NUMBER IN PARENTHESIS>/zoom_amd64.deb

                   

                  This also works for the Fedora RPM etc.

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                  JoergP
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                  Oct 28, 2024 8:03 AM UTC

                  Today updated to v6.2.6 (2503) ... problem remains 😣

                   

                  GNOME 47.1, on openSUSE Tumbleweed, libpipewire 1.2.6

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                    djallits
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                    Oct 30, 2024 3:54 PM UTC

                    Same setup, same result. This ticket should never have been marked as closed.

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                    sergemuur
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                    Oct 28, 2024 3:48 PM UTC

                    It's such a frustrating situation when I can use neither official tar.xz nor flatpak, because the former has a broken screen sharing and the latter (although not having sharing issues) won't load any calendar info as well as any scheduled meetings. Both versions have had these problems for several months or even more. I'm bummed to see all the minor issues being rapidly addressed in hot-fix releases and a bunch of new AI stuff added, yet still there's this "working on a solution" for such a widespread bug. Nuts!

                    Does anyone have the same prob with the flatpak version?

                    GNOME 47, Archlinux on Wayland, Zoom 6.2.6, Pipewire 1.2.6

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                      Jay2645
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                      Oct 29, 2024 4:36 AM UTC

                      As a workaround, Zoom 6.0.12 works fine: https://zoom.us/client/6.0.12.5501/zoom_amd64.deb


                      You just have to make sure that it does not auto-update. It's annoying but it works without issue.

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                        sergemuur
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                        Oct 29, 2024 9:18 PM UTC

                        Thanks a bunch for the tip! I'll check it out. Maybe there's no need to wait for another update.

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