Moving Displays On X11 Means Reconfiguring Everything?
https://sh.itjust.works/post/23199110
Moving Displays On X11 Means Reconfiguring Everything? - sh.itjust.works
I’m using Debian 12, KDE, in X11. I have a 5120x1440 monitor I use with my
laptop. I sometimes use my laptop display (3840x1080) when I’m undocked. Using
Wayland this generally just works. But I can’t use Wayland (see below). In X11,
when I move between displays I need to change the resolution, the scale and the
Task Manager height etc. It’s a PITA. This is likely a very easily solved
problem. But I’m new-ish to desktop Linux and I’m unsure of how to solve it. Any
help appreciated. (Why I can’t use Wayland - it causes problems primarily for
Zoom (I know, I know, it’s a work thing). I assume this is because I’m also
running an NVIDIA GPU on the laptop and Debian stable hasn’t got those extra
bits and pieces that have been added recently, in there to help make it work
(that is the beauty and the curse of a stable distro like Debian 😀). As an
aside I did think of trying Debian testing to see if that helped with this.
Debian 12, Zoom in X11 - Strange chat windpw issue
https://sh.itjust.works/post/22788439
Debian 12, Zoom in X11 - Strange chat windpw issue - sh.itjust.works
I know about the issues with Zoom, and in particular Zoom on Wayland. I use
Debian 12, kernel 6.0.18 (Bluetooth issues on later kernels) with KDE on X11. So
I primarily use the web app, which works really well on the whole. Occasionally,
I need to use the app (reasons below for clarity, but not what I’m asking
about): * When doing a presentation, for example, sharing the screen still
allows you to see the other people on the call. * Controlling somebody else’s
presentation in the web view just doesn’t work (they can’t give you control, as
you don’t appear in the list). I have also tried using the Flatpak and had
issues (which I cannot remember). Whenever I use the Zoom app, using the native
web app downloaded from https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb
[https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb], I have weird issues when I click
the chat window. The mouse pointer turns into the icon used when dragging a
window and I cannot click anywhere in Zoom (none of the buttons work, keyboard
shortcuts, I can’t type in the chat box). But the call continues. This has
happened over and over again in different kernel versions of Debian 12 and
different versions of Zoom client (I noticed this maybe 6 months or so ago, so
have been regularly trying it since then). I have searched for an answer and for
something close, and have never found anything (I could be searching for the
wrong thing). Does anybody have any suggestions?
