Screen Sharing Not Working on Skype for Ubuntu Example

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In this short tutorial we will cover an Screen Sharing Not Working on Skype for Ubuntu Example. We will look at example of Skype and screen sharing Not Working. it's simple example of Unable to screen share in ubuntu 22.04. you will learn Ubuntu Skype Screen Sharing Not Working. you will do the following things for Share Screen not working in Linux for Skype.

You can use this post for ubuntu 14.04, ubuntu 16.04, ubuntu 18.4, ubuntu 20.04, ubuntu 21 and ubuntu 22.04 versions.

Step 1: Check Windowing System

You need to run bellow command:

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE 

Step 2: Change Windowing System:

You need to open custom.conf file and remove "#" near WaylandEnable=false. let's run bellow command:

sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

Remove “#” from “WaylandEnable=false” line.

#WaylandEnable=false
INTO
WaylandEnable=false

Then save it.

Step 3: Reboot System

Then you need to reboot system by using bellow command:

reboot