Screen Sharing Broken in F43

I use Teams in Chromium and since updating to Fedora 43 I cannot share my screen any more, it’s just black and what’s more, I cannot even see the screen other people are sharing.

I was using Arch Linux up to last week, and I had X11. I understand I am forced to use Wayland with Fedora, which is fine… but I really need to be able to share screens, how can somebody do this in Fedora?

Which Edition / Spin of Fedora did you install (i.e. which desktop environment are you using)?

Thank you Fabio. Fedora 43 workstation, using Gnome. I was using Gnome also in Arch Linux.

Hm. This is definitely supposed to work … but it’s hard to tell, because Microsoft Teams doesn’t appear to show your own shared screen (at least if you’re alone in a meeting). I tested Google Meet and that worked fine in Chromium on Fedora 43 Workstation. Sorry that I can’t be of more help right now :frowning:

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Is it worth to test another browser? E.g., Firefox? In order to verify if the issue is related to the browser? Just to avoid false assumptions :classic_smiley:

I use Teams regularly on Firefox without issues, including screen sharing, though I use KDE.

Supplement: I added some tags (to gather awareness of screen sharing experts :smiley: )

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It’s definitely more complex than just a Teams issue. For example, with Slack I can share a single window fine, but if I try to share the whole screen… black. If somebody knows any troubleshooting steps, I’d welcome it, as this might force me to have to abandon Fedora - this is a fresh new install, so not sure what cloud be happening.

Screen Sharing broke for me as well after updating to Fedora 43.

I just wanted to report that avoiding flatpak and installing native RPMs solved the screen sharing problem. I do like the idea of flatpak, but ti cannot possibly be the default at the moment, it’s badly broken with Wayland.

This made me realize that I asked what Edition / Spin of Fedora you’re using, but didn’t ask to clarify whether you’re using the Chromium package from Fedora (I assumed so). :sweat_smile: Knowing that the problem occurs with the Flatpak and not with the Fedora package would have helped narrow the issue down.

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I didn’t realise myself. Flatpak seems to be the default when you install via the Software manager. I am erasing all flatpak from my system, video doesn’t work at all, like if I install vlc it can’t play anything.

it’s annoying flatpak is being pushed down people’s throats when it’s not ready.