solved (was Re: ZOOM whiteboard on Kubuntu 20.04)
I re-installed ZOOM for the third time and now everything works perfectly. Einstein once said: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” But that's exactly what happened. I hate when this happens. :-( In any case - thanks to all who tried to help - on and off the list. On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:22:23 +0300 Shlomo Solomon wrote: > I've never used flatpack - I'll try it, but I honestly doubt that > that' will help. Since I have the same problem with the .deb and snap > versions, I really think that the problem is with Kubuntu - or some > setting that I'm missing. > > > > On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:01:17 +0300 > Efraim Flashner wrote: > > > I don't have any experience with kubuntu or using zoom on the > > desktop, but I do know that there's also a flatpak of zoom. Perhaps > > that one will work better. > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 07:55:59PM +0300, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > > I recently upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 and have a problem > > > with the whiteboard in ZOOM. > > > > > > Instead of a "whiteboard" I have a "blackboard". I can write on > > > the board (in white lines), but as soon as I release the mouse, > > > whatever I've written disappears. > > > If I share the "white/blackboard" with others, they also see it as > > > black but DO NOT see anything I write. > > > This problem is only with the whiteboard. I can share other > > > screens with no problem. > > > I looked at all the settings and found nothing helpful. > > > A Google search tells me that there could be a problem with my > > > GPU, but the symptoms are that all shared items are black and > > > that is NOT what happens. I ONLY have a problem with the > > > whiteboard. > > > > > > I should mention that in Kubuntu 18.04 everything worked > > > "out-of-the-box" after installing ZOOM from a .deb file (from the > > > ZOOM site). > > > > > > In 20.04 there is a snap install of ZOOM. I thought that the snap > > > might be the problem so I removed it and installed from the .deb > > > file but that did not solve the problem. > > > > > > Any help/ideas would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Shlomo Solomon > > > http://the-solomons.net > > > Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 > > > > > > ___ > > > Linux-il mailing list > > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: ZOOM whiteboard on Kubuntu 20.04
OK - not really connected to my original post, but after reading about flatpack, I understand that on K/ubuntu 20.04 using flatpack is non-trivial because there is some conflict between snap and flatpack. I do not know if this is true or why, but since I'm still in early days after upgrading from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, I don't want to "break" anything. BTW - call me old school. but I really don't like snap either. Never could understand the move from .deb to snap and if possible I avoid snap (and now flatpack). On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:22:23 +0300 Shlomo Solomon wrote: > I've never used flatpack - I'll try it, but I honestly doubt that > that' will help. Since I have the same problem with the .deb and snap > versions, I really think that the problem is with Kubuntu - or some > setting that I'm missing. > > > > On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:01:17 +0300 > Efraim Flashner wrote: > > > I don't have any experience with kubuntu or using zoom on the > > desktop, but I do know that there's also a flatpak of zoom. Perhaps > > that one will work better. > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 07:55:59PM +0300, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > > I recently upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 and have a problem > > > with the whiteboard in ZOOM. > > > > > > Instead of a "whiteboard" I have a "blackboard". I can write on > > > the board (in white lines), but as soon as I release the mouse, > > > whatever I've written disappears. > > > If I share the "white/blackboard" with others, they also see it as > > > black but DO NOT see anything I write. > > > This problem is only with the whiteboard. I can share other > > > screens with no problem. > > > I looked at all the settings and found nothing helpful. > > > A Google search tells me that there could be a problem with my > > > GPU, but the symptoms are that all shared items are black and > > > that is NOT what happens. I ONLY have a problem with the > > > whiteboard. > > > > > > I should mention that in Kubuntu 18.04 everything worked > > > "out-of-the-box" after installing ZOOM from a .deb file (from the > > > ZOOM site). > > > > > > In 20.04 there is a snap install of ZOOM. I thought that the snap > > > might be the problem so I removed it and installed from the .deb > > > file but that did not solve the problem. > > > > > > Any help/ideas would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Shlomo Solomon > > > http://the-solomons.net > > > Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 > > > > > > ___ > > > Linux-il mailing list > > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: ZOOM whiteboard on Kubuntu 20.04
I've never used flatpack - I'll try it, but I honestly doubt that that' will help. Since I have the same problem with the .deb and snap versions, I really think that the problem is with Kubuntu - or some setting that I'm missing. On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:01:17 +0300 Efraim Flashner wrote: > I don't have any experience with kubuntu or using zoom on the desktop, > but I do know that there's also a flatpak of zoom. Perhaps that one > will work better. > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 07:55:59PM +0300, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > I recently upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 and have a problem > > with the whiteboard in ZOOM. > > > > Instead of a "whiteboard" I have a "blackboard". I can write on the > > board (in white lines), but as soon as I release the mouse, whatever > > I've written disappears. > > If I share the "white/blackboard" with others, they also see it as > > black but DO NOT see anything I write. > > This problem is only with the whiteboard. I can share other screens > > with no problem. > > I looked at all the settings and found nothing helpful. > > A Google search tells me that there could be a problem with my GPU, > > but the symptoms are that all shared items are black and that is > > NOT what happens. I ONLY have a problem with the whiteboard. > > > > I should mention that in Kubuntu 18.04 everything worked > > "out-of-the-box" after installing ZOOM from a .deb file (from the > > ZOOM site). > > > > In 20.04 there is a snap install of ZOOM. I thought that the snap > > might be the problem so I removed it and installed from the .deb > > file but that did not solve the problem. > > > > Any help/ideas would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > -- > > Shlomo Solomon > > http://the-solomons.net > > Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 > > > > ___ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: ZOOM whiteboard on Kubuntu 20.04
not an option - I must use ZOOM for my work On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:11:31 +0300 Shay Gover wrote: > Use Openboard instead > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 8:02 PM Efraim Flashner > wrote: > > > I don't have any experience with kubuntu or using zoom on the > > desktop, but I do know that there's also a flatpak of zoom. Perhaps > > that one will work better. > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 07:55:59PM +0300, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > > I recently upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 and have a > > > problem with the whiteboard in ZOOM. > > > > > > Instead of a "whiteboard" I have a "blackboard". I can write on > > > the board (in white lines), but as soon as I release the mouse, > > > whatever I've written disappears. > > > If I share the "white/blackboard" with others, they also see it as > > > black but DO NOT see anything I write. > > > This problem is only with the whiteboard. I can share other > > > screens with no problem. > > > I looked at all the settings and found nothing helpful. > > > A Google search tells me that there could be a problem with my > > > GPU, but the symptoms are that all shared items are black and > > > that is NOT what happens. I ONLY have a problem with the > > > whiteboard. > > > > > > I should mention that in Kubuntu 18.04 everything worked > > > "out-of-the-box" after installing ZOOM from a .deb file (from the > > > ZOOM site). > > > > > > In 20.04 there is a snap install of ZOOM. I thought that the snap > > > might be the problem so I removed it and installed from the .deb > > > file but that did not solve the problem. > > > > > > Any help/ideas would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Shlomo Solomon > > > http://the-solomons.net > > > Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 > > > > > > ___ > > > Linux-il mailing list > > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > -- > > Efraim Flashner אפרים פלשנר > > GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 > > Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received > > unencrypted ___ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: ZOOM whiteboard on Kubuntu 20.04
Use Openboard instead On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 8:02 PM Efraim Flashner wrote: > I don't have any experience with kubuntu or using zoom on the desktop, > but I do know that there's also a flatpak of zoom. Perhaps that one will > work better. > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 07:55:59PM +0300, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > > I recently upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 and have a problem with > > the whiteboard in ZOOM. > > > > Instead of a "whiteboard" I have a "blackboard". I can write on the > > board (in white lines), but as soon as I release the mouse, whatever > > I've written disappears. > > If I share the "white/blackboard" with others, they also see it as > > black but DO NOT see anything I write. > > This problem is only with the whiteboard. I can share other screens > > with no problem. > > I looked at all the settings and found nothing helpful. > > A Google search tells me that there could be a problem with my GPU, but > > the symptoms are that all shared items are black and that is NOT what > > happens. I ONLY have a problem with the whiteboard. > > > > I should mention that in Kubuntu 18.04 everything worked > > "out-of-the-box" after installing ZOOM from a .deb file (from the ZOOM > > site). > > > > In 20.04 there is a snap install of ZOOM. I thought that the snap might > > be the problem so I removed it and installed from the .deb file but > > that did not solve the problem. > > > > Any help/ideas would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > -- > > Shlomo Solomon > > http://the-solomons.net > > Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 > > > > ___ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > -- > Efraim Flashner אפרים פלשנר > GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 > Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: ZOOM whiteboard on Kubuntu 20.04
I don't have any experience with kubuntu or using zoom on the desktop, but I do know that there's also a flatpak of zoom. Perhaps that one will work better. On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 07:55:59PM +0300, Shlomo Solomon wrote: > I recently upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 and have a problem with > the whiteboard in ZOOM. > > Instead of a "whiteboard" I have a "blackboard". I can write on the > board (in white lines), but as soon as I release the mouse, whatever > I've written disappears. > If I share the "white/blackboard" with others, they also see it as > black but DO NOT see anything I write. > This problem is only with the whiteboard. I can share other screens > with no problem. > I looked at all the settings and found nothing helpful. > A Google search tells me that there could be a problem with my GPU, but > the symptoms are that all shared items are black and that is NOT what > happens. I ONLY have a problem with the whiteboard. > > I should mention that in Kubuntu 18.04 everything worked > "out-of-the-box" after installing ZOOM from a .deb file (from the ZOOM > site). > > In 20.04 there is a snap install of ZOOM. I thought that the snap might > be the problem so I removed it and installed from the .deb file but > that did not solve the problem. > > Any help/ideas would be appreciated. > > > > -- > Shlomo Solomon > http://the-solomons.net > Claws Mail 3.17.5 - KDE Plasma 5.15.5 - Kubuntu 20.04 > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il -- Efraim Flashner אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
