Skype share screen

[academo]

Cinnamon version: last commited version from git repository

Currently is not possible share the screen on skype, it does allow to start sharing but other people don't see anything.

Researching I found gnome 3 people already fix the on gnome 3.4

Here is the thread about the fixing:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677657

[sug4ndh]

I am running Cinnamon 1.6.7 on Ubuntu 12.04 with 3.2.0-37-generic kernel. When I share the screen on Skype, the desktop freezes. Do you experience the same thing?

[amikot]

Screen sharing works here but full screen area are moved to bottom and don`t include upper bar. The same problem is with screen recording software.

[juandlr]

Yeah same thing happens to me, desktop freezes, only thing that works is right click. Im using linux mint 15 with cinnamon.

[fedelinn]

I'm having this issue running Mint 14 with Cinnamon and Skype 4.2.
Currently the only workaround I found was doing a "Share Selection" instead.

[petro-rudenko]

Skype 4.2.0.11, Linux Mint 15 - the same issue. Sharing screen freezes and need to drop call to return control.

[aaime]

Same here, pretty annoying, as I need to use screen sharing often.

[AlbertJP]

Can anybody try this with the current git version of muffin?

linuxmint/muffin#86 or linuxmint/muffin#110 could have fixed this.

[aaime]

Hmm... not a C developer, but I know enough to use make and configure... is there any way to try this out without having to overwrite the main install of Muffin on a Ubuntu 12.04?

[AlbertJP]

I recommend to have it overwrite the old one, then you'll be sure that the new muffin is used.

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

Afterwards you could reinstall the old muffin by reinstalling all its packages,
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libmuffin0 muffin gir1.2-muffin-3.0 muffin-common libmuffin-dev

[aaime]

Hi, I've installed and been running Cinnamon 2 for a few days.
Now screen sharing almost works 100%. The only remaining odd bit is that whenever screen sharing starts the menu and app panel disappear, so one has to ALT-TAB to reach other apps. However, the panel comes back the very moment screen sharing is terminated.

[AlbertJP]

That is probably related to the way Cinnamon is rendering these. The X server does not draw the menu, panels, and other parts of the Cinnamon UI, they are laid over the screen contents using Clutter (OpenGL). If Skype is using some X function to get the screen contents, it will not see the Cinnamon UI elements.

[aaime]

Interesting. I actually left out a detail: the windows expand and take the place of the panel, that is, they do re-layout when screen sharing starts, and back when it's closed.

[juandlr]

Desktop disappears when you share screen on cinammon 2, mint 16. Happening since always, when i updated to linux mint 16 i tought it would be fixed, nope same thing, its the only thing that keeps me from using cinammon, for the moment i use mint xfce, pretty good, best so far that i used, everything works perfectly but no pretty effects, please fix this. Thank You!!!

[academo]

With the last stable Cinnamon version included on Linux Mint 16, skype sharing seems to work fine

[AlbertJP]

@juandlr do you still have problems? Else I'll close the bug.

(Other comments are from before mint 16 release, so I assume their problems have been fixed)

[kitsuwaifune]

Mint 17, Cinnamon 2.2.13, the panel still disappears when screen sharing with Skype.

[juandlr]

Please fix!!!!!

[juandlr]

Using linux mint 17 and latest skype 4.3, still same problem

[kitsuwaifune]

Should I just make a new issue for my problem? This issue is more about freezing instead of screen sharing issues in general. Especially since my issue extends to Screen Studio.

[piotr-gawlowski]

Mint 17, Cinnamon 2.2.16, Skype 4.3 - same issue. Share screen window doesn't open at all

[ghost]

@fisch246 I'm also seeing this issue with Cinnamon 2.6.13 - a little over a year later. Is this being worked on? Has it been forgotten? It's extremely annoying, in any case.

[Enelar]

Not reproducing at F25x64 Ci3.2.1, but everything is blinking

[Vahan86]

@academo, is this still an issue for you in Cinnamon 3.6?

[Vahan86]

@JosephMcc, since there is no response from OP for a long time, can we close this issue?

[academo]

Hi there. I am not longer using cinnamon so I can't confirm if the bug is still present or not. I guess if someone has this issue can open a new issue

[AlbertJP]

In Mint 18.2 / Cinnamon 3.4.4 with the latest Skype client it is already not a problem anymore, so please close. Could also have been a fix on Skype's end though as the present version is more stable anway than the 4.3 client.