Fedora 30 / Gnome desktop / Wayland : Screen sharing crashes Teams app & other observations

bicycle 86 Reputation points
2019-12-12T07:07:41.26+00:00

It is great to see this eventuate and I hope development continues.

Screen sharing crashes teams app, Fedora 30 Workstation / Gnome desktop / Wayland. As this is Electron, it is worth noting the same problem was not observed using genuine Chrome browser

When the crash occurs, the app "restarts" and may require a new login.(actual process does not finish)

Video and audio work well, did not ask permission to use mic, cam.

Closing the Teams window leaves app running - tray widget sort of thing. Unclear if mic/cam would still be active (hot mic danger zone, perhaps)

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  1. Ethan Lindemann 46 Reputation points
    2020-03-18T17:28:34.407+00:00

    I am also experiencing the reported issue.

    Switching back to X is not an option for me and I suspect it is not an option for a large number of people.

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  2. Idar Lund 306 Reputation points
    2020-04-15T07:37:40+00:00

    Please support screen sharing in wayland. This is a blocker for us to use teams :(

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  3. Allison Piovesan 21 Reputation points
    2020-03-20T14:10:19.01+00:00

    So bad we can't use it! In our home computer we have Fedora 31 and even with the option "disable hw acceleration" the screen sharing causes the crash/reboot of teams.
    Here in Italy, during the COVID lockdown, teams is an essential instrument for home working!

    Thanks

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  4. David Balch 11 Reputation points
    2020-04-22T10:16:28.223+00:00

    Another vote for screen-sharing in Wayland.

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  5. Marian Javorka - MSFT 946 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2019-12-12T22:35:06.27+00:00

    @bicycle , thank you for trying out Teams and providing feedback. Unfortunately, Wayland is causing us some issues. If possible, could you switch to X and see if it helps?

    RE closing teams, I believe you already noticed dedicated question for that.

    Cheers.

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