Questions tagged [desktop-sharing]
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How to share a screen in MS Teams or Zoom from Ubuntu 22.04
In both
MS Teams (Microsoft Teams Version 1.5.00.10453 (64-bit)) and
Zoom (Version: 5.10.4 (2845))
on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (42.0, Wayland) no screen shows up after clicking on "share screen".
Hardware: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 3rd, Mesa Intel® UHD…
JulianKarlBauer
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Why are some of my screen-recording/capturing/sharing applications (or app features) not working in Ubuntu 17.10 (and later releases)?
After upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10 I noticed some of my screencasting applications are not working, for example screencasting tools like SimpleScreenRecorder and vokoscreen. (link)
Also I noticed features like screenshot from GIMP is not working…
pomsky
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Laser-like mouse pointer/cursor for (desktop-shared) presentation
I'm wondering whether there is a way to turn the mouse pointer into a laser pointer, preferrably a thick red dot with a fading trail, e.g. for a screen-sharing session with slides in LibreImpress or a PDF opened in some viewer. Ideally, this feature…
mfg
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Missing Sharing Settings
Running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS; vino is installed, updated, rebooted.
In Settings → Sharing, the Screen Sharing and File Sharing settings are missing from the list and I have no idea why. There is only Media Sharing. Screen Sharing seems to be disabled,…
Prae Rigby
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Mirror / cast / live stream desktop screen to TV over LAN
I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 and looking for a way to live cast / stream / mirror my desktop (only Firefox tabs actually) to my LG TV (WebOS v5.30) over LAN.
Note (in case it's useful to give you more ideas to help me): besides the smart TV itself, I also…
Frank
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Sharing desktops in Ubuntu desktop 22.04
I noticed that compared to 18.04 remote sharing of desktops has changed in 22.04.
It has been improved to support connecting from MS Windows to Ubuntu using MS Remote Desktop software. I suppose that was the idea.
From perspective of connecting from…
onknows
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Viewing Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop from Android over WiFi
Given:
a desktop with Ubuntu 22.04;
a device with Android OS;
WiFi network to which the desktop and the device are connected.
I need to share Ubuntu screen to Android over WiFi, thus, installed bVNC on Android. I tried to play with Ubuntu Remote…
ENIAC
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Ubuntu 18.04 screen sharing is off, but I can VNC... weird?
I can connect to Ubuntu 18.04LTS via TigerVNC / vino-server.
And when in a VNC session, I open Settings -> Sharing and I see Screen Sharing is Off.
Does it make sense?
I thought it should be On to be able to VNC.
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Ubuntu 20.04 - Cannot use slide to enable screen sharing
In Ubuntu 20.04, I cannot turn on screensharing options. Vino is already the newest version (3.22.0-5ubuntu2.2). I don't have 10 reputation to show images, but I can enable changes to settings (grey slides to purple) but when I try to enable…
beeeans
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Remote access solution for active and inactive sessions
I am running some Kubuntu 18.04 systems. I would like to to install a remote access software on these systems that allows accessing the systems from other Linux systems.
Does a free software exist that allows desktop sharing AND terminal server…
Silicomancer
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Desktop Sharing not working Ubuntu 24.04
I have installed Ubuntu 24.04, but now I am having some difficulties trying to connect with Desktop Sharing from Windows Computer. If I try to to activate Desktop Sharing and Remote control, first it will disable "xrdp" which by turning "Desktop…
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Sharing display Ubuntu 22.04 with old android tablet
Problem: Sharing display Ubuntu 22.04 with old android (4.2.2) tablet don`t work:
Error code: 0x207 (from RD Client tablet side).
The same from aRDP Secure RDP Client.
What is try to do:
Info about sharing from here.
From android 13 smartphone - no…
DJArty
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RDP into Ubuntu 22.04 install via Windows 10 MSTSC works. via MRemoteNG does not
Fresh install of 22.04 updated and then via the Sharing under settings i've enabled Remote Desktop and changed the password to match my logon password.
Connecting via Remote Desktop Connection app works as expected.
However trying to connect with…
LeeDee
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Desktop sharing Ubuntu 21.04 - same network
How can I share my desktop's monitor to another laptop on the same network? (For watching video stream.) There used to be a thing called "desktop sharing" but it isn't coming up in my system.
user311397
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8 character limit in Screen Sharing password
I have Ubuntu 20.04.3, in two computers PC1 and PC2.
In PC1 I have
$ gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.Vino
org.gnome.Vino prompt-enabled false
org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false
org.gnome.Vino use-alternative-port false
org.gnome.Vino…