Questions tagged [google-hangouts]
google-hangouts is a Social web-client from google for video chatting, Conferences.
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Unable to share entire screen in google meet in Brave on Ubuntu 22.04
I am using Brave Version 1.45.131 Chromium: 107.0.5304.110 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Ubuntu 22.04 and when I try to share the entire screen in google meet, a complete black screen is shared. Please ...
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Firefox 91 "invisible" to screen sharing (Google Meet, Zoom, Slack etc)
I'm on Ubuntu 21.04 and ever since Firefox 91 came out, I've lost the ability to share a Firefox window on all screen sharing applications.
The Firefox window simply isn't listed in the set of ...
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Has anyone been able to get a iMac iSight camera to work in Google Meet inside Chromium?
Just took an old Late 2006 iMac, maxed out the hardware upgrades, and installed Ubuntu 20.04 to be my kids' new remote learning computer. Found so much help on this site. Thanks!
Basically everything ...
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Default browser is Google Hangouts
My default browser is Google Hangouts and I want to change it to Chrome.
default browser setting
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Audio freezes for 8 seconds every minute or so when using microphone, every device
For the past several months, I have had a problem with any time I am using the microphone -- VOIP and video conferencing, plain audio recording. It works fine for a minute or so, then audio cuts out ...
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Mouse pointer is not captured in 'share screen' mode (Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS)
When using 'share screen' mode in Google Hangouts Meet, the mouse pointer is not captured. Reports on a similar issue with Skype can be also found in various forums.
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All-in-one app for communicators and JIRA
is some application which would use one interface for all communicators (Skype, Slack, Teams, Hangouts), and transfer only data through some API?
I believe this is how exactly works these ...
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Google Hangouts Video Call: extrem jitter
Today I joined a google hangout video meeting with Chromium. The quality was very low. With other words unusable.
It was not the wifi connection. I joined the same meeting with a mac book and there ...
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Is it possible to start Hangouts Chrome extension window as a separate instance (like the app window)?
Hangouts Chrome extension adds a button inside the browser to start it as a separate window. But I don't find a way to start that window without opening a Chrome window. (I use Firefox as default, ...
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Google hangouts Video lines then white
I've a logitech webcam
➜ ~ lsusb | grep cam
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270
It works with Cheese and used to work with google hangouts. Now with google hangouts I get ...
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What is the easiest way to check if my camera & sound is working properly with Google Hangouts?
I am planning a few videoconferences and I want to check if everything works ok. What is the easiest way to check my Ubuntu installation if it works with Google Hangouts?
The best would be some robot ...
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How to add Google Hangout to Pidgin
I've been trying to add Google Hangouts to Pidgin but it's not working.
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Google Hangouts Call Never Connects
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.1 and trying to use Google Hangouts on the chrome web browser (version 55.0.2883.87). I have also tried installing the hangouts chrome extension. In both cases, when ever my ...
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Chrome thinks that it is Hangouts (and now Postman??)
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and am having a persistent, obnoxious problem with Chrome and Hangouts. If I attach a Chrome shortcut to the launcher and/or search for Chrome, it insists that it is ...
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Google Hangouts not working in Firefox on Ubuntu 17.10
I was wondering why Google Hangouts doesn't work in Firefox.
I don't want to download another web browser but I'm looking to get Google Hangouts working.
Any help with this appreciated!
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Screensharing (Slack, Hangouts) Blank Screen & Cursor On Ubuntu 17.10 (Wayland) [duplicate]
I've been using 17.10 with the default Desktop (Gnome/Wayland) for about a week and is running very smoothly except for one thing:
I no longer can share my screen with the Slack Linux app or with ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 crashes when doing any kind of videochat
I have a Dell notebook, with a processor Intel® Pentium(R) CPU N3700 @ 1.60GHz × 4, 64 bits architecture, 3,8 GiB memory, and Intel® HD Graphics (Cherryview) graphics.
The problem is that every time ...
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How to enable Google Hangouts in Chromium
How do you enable Google Hangouts in Chromium?
If I open a chat/call window in Gmail, it shows a link to "Enable Hangouts". The link takes me to this page, which doesn't mention anything specific to ...
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Is there a command line for Google Hangouts?
I'm wanting to use a command line interface for Google hangouts, instead of having the Chrome extension. Is there anything about?
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Microphone doesn't work in Hangouts
I have a DELL inspiron 5537 i5 laptop with Ubuntu 14.04. When I use Google Hangouts on Google Chrome, my mic just doesn't work. When I open the secure info setting it shows that the mic is allowed.
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Video chat app with desktop sharing
What is the state-of-the-art in Linux video chat featuring desktop sharing?
I do not need group chat. I only need one-to-one chat where we can see each other desktops'. If possible we would also like ...
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Google Hangouts crashes my Ubuntu
I'm having some difficulty with Google Hangouts right now. Most of the time (it's unpredictable), when I go to call or recieve a call, it starts to play the ringtone, and then freezes. I cannot open ...
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Microphone and Google Hangouts [duplicate]
Using Kubuntu 16.04, I'm trying to use Google Hangouts via Chrome. Webcam works fine, however no one can hear me.
Using Blue's Snowball which works fine in Skype and Audacity.
Someone suggested I ...
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How do I allow Hangouts to access camera and Mic in Ubuntu BQ M10 OTA 11?
There's no URL bar to click on for making the access and in the settings it won't work as well.
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Separate icons for Chromium and Hangouts in Unity (Ubuntu 16.04)
I installed the Hangouts extension, but both hangouts and Chromium share the same entry in the Unity launcher, which makes it very difficult to switch between Chromium windows and chat windows (see ...
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How to Install google-talkplugin deb in Ubuntu 16.04
I need to install this plugin in Ubuntu 16.04:
https://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/hangoutplugin
In previous versions of Ubuntu, I easily installed this plugin, but I cannot get it to install on 16....
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Ubuntu Touch: Google Hangouts on bq M10
Google Hangouts doesn't work in the default browser on Ubuntu Touch OTA10.1. It just gives a message "It appears as if you're using an old or uncommon browser that doesn't support common standards".
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My microphone has an extra channel full of random noise, how do I disable the extra channel?
EDIT: I still have this problem as of 6/20/2016
My microphone works just fine in Windows 10. When I try to use Google Hangouts in Ubuntu I am almost completely inaudible over the random noise from my ...
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Green video on google hangout/chrome
I am running a Dell Inspiron 5556 with Ubuntu 15.10. Just got linux on it and things are mostly good.
I am able to run hangouts fine in Firefox. However, in Chrome, the video is completely green. I ...
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Hangouts auto-adjusting volume microphone
I am using Linux Mint 17.3 and Chromium. I use hangouts but the volume keeps adjusting on its own. I disabled the feature in Skype. How do I do disable this useless feature in hangouts? I installed ...
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How to compile and install Pidgin client and add Google Talk (~ Hangouts) into it? [duplicate]
How does one compile and install Pidgin client and add Google Talk (~ Hangouts) into it on Ubuntu? Not only it is possible, but with relatively high security.
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Microphone not working in Google Hangouts
I am experiencing the problem described here: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/n1cpJq1mC8U.
Google Hangouts appears to be resetting the levels of my microphone.
That post has a ...
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Microphone not working correctly on Lenovo B50
I have just installed Ubuntu 15.10 on a brand new Lenovo B50. Everything works fine except for the built-in microphone.
I found a partial solution here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=...
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Google Hangouts Video Playback Performance
I've been trying to use Google Hangouts for video chat on my Ubuntu machines but the performance has been atrocious. My laptop is a Galago UltraPro from System 76 with an i7 and 16gb of RAM. My ...
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recording audio or video from google hangouts
How can I record audio or video coming from a google hangouts session? Any recommended programs for linux and how to do it?
PS: I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 64bit
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KDE lock screen appears when in Google Hangout
How can I disable the KDE lock screen from automatically appearing, but only when I am in a Google Hangout (in Chrome)?
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Not able to install the extensions in Google Chrome
Could not install package:
'UTILITY_PROCESS_CRASHED_WHILE_TRYING_TO_INSTALL'. Could not install package because a utility process crashed. Try restarting Chrome and trying again.
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Ubuntu 14.04 Google Hangouts video upside down
I am using Google Chrome 39.0.2171.71 (64-bit) on 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04.
My laptop is ASUS A52F.
The problem is that by default the webcam video is inverted everywhere (Skype, Hangouts).
When launching ...
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Google Hangouts - resize
I installed and am using Google Hangouts on 14.04 Desktop. It works fine, but then I moved it up against the side and it did that thing where it docks to a certain size. I can't figure out how to get ...
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How can I stop Telephony Service Indicator from popping up with all my chats?
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.10 on a desktop. I have settings that I have kept for years in my home partition, so I always keep that separate and I don't format that partition during installation.
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Google+ Hangouts window steals focus [when switching desktops]
When I switch to a desktop that has the hangouts "window" on it, it steals the focus.
Steps to repeat:
* Desktop 1 has a terminal and the hangouts window
* Type in the terminal
* Switch to desktop 2 (...
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Separate icons for Chrome and Hangouts in Unity
Is there a way to have separate icons for Chrome and Hangouts in Unity? All my Chrome windows and Hangouts chats are combined under the Chrome icon.
I swear I've seen them separate before, but I can'...
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Chromium not working with the mic of my logitech 270 webcam
the mic on my Logitech 270 webcam has stopped working, but only on chromium. FFox is fine.
Is there anything I can do to debug it?
Btw I have tried changing the AV controls, alsa mixer, hangouts set ...
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Hangouts Floating in the middle of the screen
I am using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS GNOME Shell 3.10.4
Hangouts will on occasion decide that the bottom of my desktop is in the middle of the page and the chat windows will stay in the middle when ...
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Where or when can I ask Ubuntu employees questions related to Ubuntu?
Where or when can I ask Ubuntu employees questions related to Ubuntu?
Is there a Google Hangouts session where they regularly take questions from the community?
Is there a Schedule for that ...
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How can I install Google Hangout?
I just started running Ubuntu 14.04 (32-bit). I logged into Google+ and went to there page to download the Hangout plug-in. It would download, but any time I tried to open the installer with the ...
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Google Hangoust stick to the wrong display (monitor) in Ubuntu 14.04
I have multiple displays (dual-monitor configuration).
After a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 and installing Google Chrome + Google Hangouts extension, all hangouts windows are opened on display that I ...
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Dual-boot installed Ubuntu Touch, link Android userdata to /home/phablet, Google Chat and Calendar syncing
I did dual-boot installation of Ubuntu Touch 14.04 r302 on my Nexus 4 and would like to make a link under the /home/phablet/Pictures directory to my pictures created with Android saved in /userdata/...
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Google Hangouts plugin is not working as I want in Chromium
Am I the only one experiencing problems with the Google Hangouts plugin? I did some changes so that I see the Hangouts icon in the topbar. But it happens once and a while that I cant open the window. ...
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Pidgin does not load all messages in a correspondence?
I use Pidgin to chat with Gmail contacts. In cases when:
PC is off
A message was not sent from pidgin
I do not get these messages in the pidgin.
Is there a way to fix this?
For example, if I send ...
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