Arch Linux

lviggiani

Member

Registered: 2014-02-28

Posts: 144

GNOME 3.22 on Wayland: screen share not working in hangouts

I'm happy to see that with GNOME 3.22, Wayland session became default.
Unfortunately there's still a problem with screensharing in Google Hangouts.
If I start a Hangouts call with a colleague in Chrome and try to share my screen, he just sees my cursor moving on a black screen (same as in GNOME 3.20 on Wayland).
XOrg session still works fine.

Is there any settings / workaround for this or is screensharing not supported yet on Wayland?

fredbezies

Member

Registered: 2011-07-28

Posts: 372

Re: GNOME 3.22 on Wayland: screen share not working in hangouts

Some applications related to display are either broken or half working. Wayland "is young" and not a lot of display related software support it.

You cannot record any screencast under Wayland. Developper have to adapt their code to Wayland, now.