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For questions about screen sharing in Ubuntu or with Ubuntu. Screen sharing is the term for allowing your display to be viewed remotely on a separate device.

Screen sharing is the term for allowing your display to be viewed remotely on a separate device in real time (as opposed to a screenshot image or asynchronous screen recording).

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Ubuntu screen sharing on Google Chrome not working

I'm trying to share my screen using Google Chrome or Microsoft Teams and I only can share the browser, I can't share my entire screen, it appears black: Trying to select share full screen but it's black : I thought the issues was due to having 3…
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Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Can't Enable Screen Sharing

When trying to enable "Screen Sharing" under the "Sharing" section of the system settings I can click on the "ON/OFF" slider but it will not stay set to "ON". I can set the "Sharing" slider to "ON" and the "Remote Login" slider to "ON" but not the…
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Ubuntu 18.04.01 LTS No Screen Sharing Option

Under settings, sharing there is no option for Screen Sharing however on another machine with exactly the same image there is an option for Screen Sharing. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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No Screen Sharing option on Ubuntu 20.04

I need to allow screen sharing on my machine. In setteings>sharing there is no option of screen sharing at all. Vino is installed. I have looked in gdm3 and lightdm but it is the same. I have installed dconf-editor but I do not know which is the…
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Screen Sharing in unusable state after rebooting

[Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, x64 GNOME 3.36.3] I keep Screen Sharing turned on on this machine I use for a Pi-hole server. However, every time I reboot, Screen Sharing won't work, and I need to go to the physical PC, disable SC, and then reenable it. Then…
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Screen sharing cannot be turned on in Ubuntu 18.04

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 and with Vino 3.22 installed. I'm trying to enable Screen Sharing through Settings -> Sharing -> Screen Sharing, but the button to turn it on is grayed out. How can I enable this button to activate Screen Sharing? Grayed out…
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How to restore the screen sharing control panel in Zoom?

I used a second screen demo. When I clicked on the arrow button on the green box (it can be seen in the attached image) at this point the screen sharing control panel disappeared. I don't know how to restore it. Now it turns out that I can start…
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Fastest screen sharing on Ubuntu?

Have you come across a smooth and high screen quality alernative to TeamViewr or screen sharing via Google Hangout? On long sessions it becomes very tiresome as there is so much lag so the image is very jerky.
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Can't share my entire screen on Ubuntu 22.04 on both Edge and Chrome

I can't share my entire screen on Google Meet. Only one tab can be shared. I have tried uncomment this line: WaylandEnable=false using this command: sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf . Now it shows like this:
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Screen sharing not working on 24.04

After updating to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from 22.04 I can no longer share my screen in chrome or firefox. Im using Gnome (Wayland). It works on X11, but I cant use X11 due to other issues. I have tried everything mentioned here: Screen sharing with…
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How to manage screen sharing settings via cli?

I need to manage my ubuntu screen-sharing settings via cli (specifically via a puppet script). How can I set up the native screen-sharing functionaility by editing a text settings file, or some other cli-friendly way?
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screen share display Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS wireless to smart TV

Is there a way to cast my desktop to smart TV wireless? I want to use my smart TV as a second monitor and I'm looking for a solution without HDMI/VGA or any cords. So far GNOME.NetworkDisplay is the closest option, but is has a HUGE delay. It's like…
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Zoom screen sharing not working on one computer

I have two computers that were both recently updated to Ubuntu 24.04 with Zoom 6.4.13 (2309) installed from the .deb. On one computer I am able to share the screen, but on the other, I cannot for some unknown reason. When I select "share" at the…
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Discord screen sharing doesn't work

Every time I try to use Discord screen sharing on Ubuntu 24.04 on my desktop, it gets stuck at the screen selection window without letting me do anything but close the Discord screen share window. My laptop has the same OS, but it doesn't have the…
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Skype screen sharing option missing

I'm having a problem with Skype screen sharing. The option is missing. I read similar questions and: vino is installed. I tried enabling screen sharing and activating it to no avail. I tried disabling encryption for remote access even if this was…
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