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Teams screen sharing doesn't work on Linux

Anonymous
2021-05-26T10:50:56+00:00

The Microsoft Teams app screen sharing doesn't work on Linux (Ubuntu 21.04, Gnome 3.38.5, Wayland, Intel HD graphics). The button to open the Share Tray just creates an empty black bar with no sharing options. This applies to the .deb and the flathub flatpak.

Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams for business | Meetings and calls | Screen sharing

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-06-28T13:39:12+00:00

    Come on Microsoft. I've been using Teams on Chrome because everything works well there under Wayland. Just use a newer version of Electron already.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-02T16:16:19+00:00

    The reason is that Teams is based on a very old Electron version (maybe the 9) which doesnt support wayland screen sharing, the ONLY fix possible now is to switch back to XOrg, but im sure Microsoft noticing the default setting on Wayland from Canonical/Ubuntu will change his mind and update the Electron base version.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-05-26T16:47:43+00:00

    That thread appears to relate to Ubuntu 20.04. Since 21.04 Wayland is the default. Screen sharing works fine in all other applications including Google Meet, Zoom etc, and also in the Teams web app on Chromium so I think this is an issue with Teams specifically.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-05-26T17:00:21+00:00

    Fedora has also switched to Wayland by default now so it might be worth prioritizing Wayland support.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-09-25T18:19:21+00:00

    Hi, the problem is with Wayland, however even though you use Xorg, the problem persists because you need to set the default session as gnome-xorg.desktop.

    To solve this, put in terminal

    sudo nano /etc/gdm/custom.conf

    in the daemon section, uncomment 

    #WaylandEnable=True

    set it as False, and add 

    DefaultSession=gnome-xorg.desktop

    I found it in https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/configuring-xorg-as-default-gnome-session/

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