Teams : screen share not available on Ubuntu 20.04 with Wayland

Marc BOUVIER 26 Reputation points
2021-02-17T10:22:32.203+00:00

I just figured out that Screen sharing is not available when using Wayland.
It is available however using X11.

Microsoft Teams : 1.3.00.30857 (64 bits) .
Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS 64bits

About with Wayland

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No screen sharing buttons with wayland

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About with X11

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Screen sharing icons buttons with X11

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  1. JimmyYang-MSFT 54,406 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-02-18T03:20:38.897+00:00

    Hi @Marc BOUVIER

    The workaround is to switch to the Xorg desktop. You can find the evidence here:

    https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/23063


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