Re: FVWM: Zoom whiteboard and fvwm
On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 07:50:32PM +0530, Mandar Mitra wrote: > Hmmm, I'm not sure what has changed, but the instructions I had written about > earlier (from > https://forum.manjaro.org/t/zoom-whiteboard-does-not-work/131178) seem to be > working now. Specifically: > > 1. Start Zoom. > 2. Run "xcompmgr -c -l0 -t0 -r0 -o.00" in a terminal. > 3. Start the whiteboard. I can now draw, change colour, etc. > > As suggested in the Manjaro forum page, I'm thinking of putting this > in my .xsession now. I tried it. It works, thanks a lot. All I needed was a vanilla xcompmgr (I didn't need any fancy shadows with -c). Now that it works I realize how bad the quality of the Zoom whiteboard drawing is. I use xournal++ normally, which yields much better results (but isn't collaborative). GI -- What happens when you eat too many spaghettiOs? You have a vowel movement.
Re: FVWM: Zoom whiteboard and fvwm
Dov Grobgeld wrote (Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 07:02:34PM +0300): > I can confirm that the Whiteboard indeed works now. Thanks! But, I still > don't get the floating toolbar unless I first run the whiteboard and then > switch the sharing to another window. You mean the one with various options for the whiteboard cursor: type of line, text, colour selection, etc.? I get that without any problems, so don't know what might be wrong. I suppose I'm superstitious, but if you tinker around with it until you get frustrated, give up, and revisit after some days/weeks, these things sometimes fix themselves :). Good luck!
Re: FVWM: Zoom whiteboard and fvwm
Hmmm, I'm not sure what has changed, but the instructions I had written about earlier (from https://forum.manjaro.org/t/zoom-whiteboard-does-not-work/131178) seem to be working now. Specifically: 1. Start Zoom. 2. Run "xcompmgr -c -l0 -t0 -r0 -o.00" in a terminal. 3. Start the whiteboard. I can now draw, change colour, etc. As suggested in the Manjaro forum page, I'm thinking of putting this in my .xsession now. GI, Dov, perhaps you could try this to see if it helps.
Re: FVWM: Zoom whiteboard and fvwm
On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 05:12:51PM +0300, Dov Grobgeld wrote: > A more serious Zoom related problem for me is that when I share a > window, the floating toolbar is not shown. I don't have this problem. The floating toolbar, and minimized thumbnails all work fine. It's just the whiteboard + screen annotations that dont work under Fvwm, but work under other desktops... GI -- Two peanuts walk into a bar. One was a salted.
Re: FVWM: Zoom whiteboard and fvwm
I'm running Fedora 32 and I'm choosing fvwm as my "session" in gdm. Doing `ps -ef grep dbus | grep -i session` returns the following. Am I missing something? gdm 14781341 0 06:37 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session dbus-run-session -- gnome-session --autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart gdm 14891478 0 06:37 tty1 00:00:00 dbus-run-session -- gnome-session --autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart gdm 14901489 0 06:37 tty1 00:00:00 dbus-daemon --nofork --print-address 4 --session dov62906 1 0 09:46 pts/600:00:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session dov62907 1 0 09:46 ?00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --syslog --fork --print-pid 6 --print-address 8 --session Thanks! On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 5:24 PM Brian wrote: > > how are you starting you X session? I wonder if you are missing > dbus-session. BrianA_MN > -- > On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 17:15:30 +0300 > Dov Grobgeld wrote: > > > I have experienced the same problem. I worked around it by > > running Krita as a separate process and sharing it's window as a > > whiteboard. But obviously that is not the same thing as a whiteboard > > and cannot be used for collaborative editing. > > > > A more serious Zoom related problem for me is that when I share a > > window, the floating toolbar is not shown. After sharing once, > > I'm stuck until somebody takes over the share, or the meeting is > > ended. Has anyone seen the same issue? I found a work around for > > that though, if I first share the Whiteboard, the floating > > toolbar is shown. I can then do New Share, and the toolbar still > > stays visible. > > > > As I have a subscription to Zoom I opened an issue to them about > > it, but I'm not sure if it's a zoom problem or an fvwm > > problem.The same scenario works under Gnome. > > > > Regards, > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 4:18 PM wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 05:08:56PM +0530, Mandar Mitra wrote: > > > > > > > If you're running fvwm and using Zoom, can you please check if > > > > you can reproduce this problem? > > > > > > I use Fvwm. The Zoom whiteboard or screen annotations do not work > > > for me either. > > > > > > It works under KDE. > > > > > > GI > > > > > > -- > > > The e-mail of the species is deadlier than the mail. > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: FVWM: Zoom whiteboard and fvwm
I have experienced the same problem. I worked around it by running Krita as a separate process and sharing it's window as a whiteboard. But obviously that is not the same thing as a whiteboard and cannot be used for collaborative editing. A more serious Zoom related problem for me is that when I share a window, the floating toolbar is not shown. After sharing once, I'm stuck until somebody takes over the share, or the meeting is ended. Has anyone seen the same issue? I found a work around for that though, if I first share the Whiteboard, the floating toolbar is shown. I can then do New Share, and the toolbar still stays visible. As I have a subscription to Zoom I opened an issue to them about it, but I'm not sure if it's a zoom problem or an fvwm problem.The same scenario works under Gnome. Regards, On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 4:18 PM wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 05:08:56PM +0530, Mandar Mitra wrote: > > > If you're running fvwm and using Zoom, can you please check if you can > > reproduce this problem? > > I use Fvwm. The Zoom whiteboard or screen annotations do not work for me > either. > > It works under KDE. > > GI > > -- > The e-mail of the species is deadlier than the mail. >
Re: FVWM: Zoom whiteboard and fvwm
On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 05:08:56PM +0530, Mandar Mitra wrote: > If you're running fvwm and using Zoom, can you please check if you can > reproduce this problem? I use Fvwm. The Zoom whiteboard or screen annotations do not work for me either. It works under KDE. GI -- The e-mail of the species is deadlier than the mail.
FVWM: Zoom whiteboard and fvwm
Like many other people, I have had to start using Zoom. I couldn't get the whiteboard to work, so I (blindly) followed the tips given here: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/zoom-whiteboard-does-not-work/131178 Now the whiteboard works partially: text and a few other annotations work, but general drawing tools do not. On a hunch, I logged in using the default Linux Mint Mate desktop manager, and things seem to work fine. If you're running fvwm and using Zoom, can you please check if you can reproduce this problem? Many thanks for your help! -mandar.
