Mouse pointer not visible when sharing screen

Question

When sharing my screen in Teams from my Linux machine the other participants can not see my mouse pointer.
This is not a big issue but should be possible to solve. Pidgin-sipe plugin for Pidgin have the same issue.

Answer 1

Thank you for downloading Teams for Linux and providing feedback. We are aware of this limitation and we track it for future improvements.

List of known issues can be found here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/known-issues#linux

Cheers!

Answer 2

As an other workaround use oneko. It's really funny. I'm using the following command to tracks the cursor:

oneko -idle 1 -speed 32 -time 51200 -bg magenta -fg orange

Answer 3

I am also interested in a solution / workaround.

Answer 4

I'm interested too. I'm providing classes during the pandemic situation and the missing cursor makes things harder.

Answer 5

As a workaround:

1. create virtual cameras with v4l2loopback
2. grab your screen with ffmpeg and send the output to a virtual camera
3. open guvcview or other cam viewer program and move it to the 2nd monitor at full screen
4. Share your second monitor

Saludos