zoom 6.2.6 will start in an XFCE X11 session when GDK_BACKEND is set to wayland. Screen sharing also seems to work, which might mean that the zoom initialization logic which deals with the current environment may have an issue.
E.g. GDK_BACKEND=wayland zoom
If GDK_BACKEND is set to x11, the GUI will not start. Tested on Manjaro.
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erbrecht commented on 2024-11-19 13:06 (UTC)
@Rhinoceros - I finally got screen sharing to work under KDE with Wayland. Looks like I'm using the same versions as you:
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.
edh commented on 2016-08-26 11:03 (UTC) (edited on 2017-03-09 10:48 (UTC) by edh)