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Hello.
I'm using the official Microsoft Teams client for Linux on top of a Pop OS 19.10 / Ubuntu 19.10 which uses Gnome 3.34. Unfortunately I don't get a screensharing button at all:
What can I do to enable this?
Best
Thomas
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Hello Thomas, on Linux client you need to start a call firstly. Then the button to share screen will be visible from the call.
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Teams screen sharing not working on Fedora 33 on Wayland, switching to X11 solved the problem.
@Qi Ke ,
Thanks for you sharing. It's quite helpful.
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Thanks a lot! You saved my day.
Hi Thomas,
As far as I know, no screen share from chat is a limitation. I recommend you continuously pay attention to the follow-up release.
Hi SharonZhao. Thanks for your reply.
Strangely enough, it works on my friends PC with KDE Plasma... maybe there is a workaround to enable it?
It's a bit of a shame, that Microsoft (as the official vendor of this solution) is not able to implement, what the opensource community does:
https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
I'm using teams-for-linux until MS manages to implement that then...
Hi Thomas,
It is really strange. I only have Ubuntu 19.10 with Gnome. So, my result is same to you. Perhaps, you can try the methods mentioned by RudoIfTomori. The screen sharing feature works when I was in a Teams meeting or a call.
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It looks like Teams uses Skype under the hood, I have never been able to get screen sharing to work in Skype during an active call, should this be working in Teams though? particularly on KDE Plasma version 5.8.9?
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Thanks Rudolf. That worked for me. Surprised the button wasn't there, but screen sharing was working after initiating a call.
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Just tried it during a call and screensharing works on for me on Linux Mint 19.2 if you initiate it after you start the call. Thank goodness!
The confusing part is the button to initiate a call with screensharing is not there on LInux but is on the Windows version.