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I share my screen every Sunday when my family and I have a Skype video call. When Ubuntu asked if I wanted to upgrade from 20 to 22, I hit OK and away we went. Except on Sunday, there was no screen sharing available on Skype. I wonder if it has to do with the changes they made to 'print screen' -- when you used to hit the print screen key it would take a snapshot of the screen, but now it doesn't.
Anyway, I asked on Skype and the reply I got was they asked if I had recently upgraded Ubuntu. So I thought I'd ask here. Thanks

P Simdars
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Wayland to Xorg

Use Xorg instead of Wayland, the default display protocol used by Ubuntu 22.04.

To do this:

  • Log out and click your name to log back in.
  • Before entering password, click on the gear icon and select the Xorg option.

Background

Screen sharing in Wayland uses another new technology called Pipewire. See

Screensharing under Wayland

For more details on screen sharing in Ubuntu 22.04 in general, see Screen sharing with Wayland

In short, Skype and other apps will have to update to use these "new" technologies like Wayland and Pipewire to get screen sharing working.

Hope this helps

user68186
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