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@Rhinoceros - I finally got screen sharing to work under KDE with Wayland. Looks like I'm using the same versions as you:

• Zoom 6.2.10
• pipewire 1.2.6

I followed the Screen share section on the Zoom wiki page:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Zoom_Meetings

The only thing I didn't need to do was set XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=gnome. I followed the other steps, and now I can choose my desktop/window to share. Prior to following the wiki I couldn't stop screen sharing without the hanging issue, which I was experiencing prior to 6.2.10.

@ugjka if the flatpack works better for you, great, but the AUR PKGBUILD downloads the tarball from zoom, copies it to /opt, and not much else (@edh thank you maintaining a PKGBUILD that does that). Your issue was unlikely related to the AUR PKGBUILD.

Had to swap this package to the one from Flatpak because 5 minutes before the meeting the user interface turned all in Korean language and I couldn't figure at all where the language knob is. I hadn't run Zoom for a while so i have no clue if some recent build started doing this but I guess this is the end for Zoom from the AUR for me.

Just installed 6.3.10. It seems directory permissions have changed:

warning: directory permissions differ on /opt/
filesystem: 755  package: 777
warning: directory permissions differ on /opt/zoom/
filesystem: 755  package: 777
warning: directory permissions differ on /opt/zoom/Qt/
...

The list goes on. This seems too much, is it intended for any reason? Surely for /opt it's wrong.

@HighValueWarrior Could you please tell us if the screen share issues are fixed in the flatpak version?

Unable to login and launch zoom. Login from any browser is fine, but none will launch. Downloaded flatpak and working perfectly. Logic would dictate somehting missing or broken.

With the the 6.3.1 version, I am able to share my full screens on Wayland, but am unable to share a single window still. It attempts to share, but the result is just a black window.

This isn't an elegant solution, but until I see/find/hear something else resolving the issue properly or figure out what in my setup is causing this, here's a workaround I've been using to get single window sharing:

XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME DESKTOP_SESSION= XDG_SESSION_TYPE= zoom

Setting these environment variables seems to force Zoom to work with the old X window sharing methods, even in Wayland. I don't know if this only works on non-native apps, or what, but I can share individual windows. (I cannot share full screen, funny enough, but for my every day use cases I don't need it.)

Hello , sorry for the noise which i made , looks like it was based on a wrongly downloaded package source on my system caused all this :

AUR Explicit (1): zoom-6.3.1-1
:: PKGBUILD up to date, skipping download: zoom
  1 zoom                             (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
  1 zoom                             (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
==> Making package: zoom 6.3.1-1 (Prş 02 Oca 2025 16:57:02)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Downloading zoom-6.3.1.5673_orig_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz...
** Resuming transfer from byte position 4280320
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:--     0
curl: (33) HTTP server does not seem to support byte ranges. Cannot resume.
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://zoom.us/client/6.3.1.5673/zoom_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
    Aborting...
 -> error downloading sources: /home/usta/.cache/yay/zoom 
         context: exit status 1 


:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: zoom
==> Making package: zoom 6.3.1-1 (Prş 02 Oca 2025 16:57:04)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Downloading zoom-6.3.1.5673_orig_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz...
** Resuming transfer from byte position 4280320
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (33) HTTP server does not seem to support byte ranges. Cannot resume.
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://zoom.us/client/6.3.1.5673/zoom_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
    Aborting...
 -> error making: zoom-exit status 1
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
zoom - exit status 1

then i have forced to redownload related source it solved

:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
 -> Flagged Out Of Date AUR Packages: python-future  watchman
:: 1 package to upgrade/install.
1  aur/zoom  6.3.0-1 -> 6.3.1-1
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> 
AUR Explicit (1): zoom-6.3.1-1
:: PKGBUILD up to date, skipping download: zoom
  1 zoom                             (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> a
:: Deleting (1/1): /home/usta/.cache/yay/zoom
HEAD is now at 4535200 upgpkg: zoom 6.3.1-1
Removing src/
Removing zoom-6.3.1.5673_orig_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz.part
  1 zoom                             (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
==> Making package: zoom 6.3.1-1 (Prş 02 Oca 2025 16:57:26)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Downloading zoom-6.3.1.5673_orig_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:--     0
100  203M  100  203M    0     0  2705k      0  0:01:16  0:01:16 --:--:-- 2618k
==> WARNING: Skipping verification of source file PGP signatures.
==> Validating source files with sha512sums...
    zoom-6.3.1.5673_orig_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz ... Passed
:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: zoom
==> Making package: zoom 6.3.1-1 (Prş 02 Oca 2025 16:58:44)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found zoom-6.3.1.5673_orig_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
==> Validating source files with sha512sums...
    zoom-6.3.1.5673_orig_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Extracting zoom-6.3.1.5673_orig_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz with bsdtar
==> Starting prepare()...
==> Sources are ready.

The download URL as of 2025-01-02 at https://zoom.us/download is https://zoom.us/client/6.3.1.5673/zoom_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz . The URL without the cdn prefix which you are trying to query is different from the one in the PKGBUILD. Note, theclient/ versus prod/ in the URL. The user @AloisP needs to prune their build directory as zoom does not allow for resuming downloads. This issue is distinct from yours. I am afraid I have to agree with @cyberpunkrocker , the issue is likely with your network configuration.

@usta: I live way out outside of US and never had any issues downloading the zoom sources using the URL provided by the PKGBUILD.

I suspect that you have severe networking issues on your end: maybe your ISP, or your DNS-of-choice is blocking something it shouldn't.