viernes, 22 de mayo de 2026

Help! Zoom Starting on Version 7.0.0 does Not Start on MX-23.6!! (How I Fixed It)

 


I run MX-23.6 on the computer at my workplace.  For meetings, we are using Zoom.  Zoom version 6 was working without any issues, but I tried upgrading it to version 7 before the app told me to update in order to have access, as Zoom usually does. I did it right before an important meeting.

Bad luck!  Zoom did not start! I tried downloading and installing again, but the result was the same.

I had to connect via Web and so I attended the meeting.  When it finished, I downgraded Zoom to version 6.7.5 and it worked fine.

Today I saw that Zoom was at version 7.0.5. "Maybe the new version will solve the problem," I thought and proceeded with the download and installation of the update. 

No dice. The app did not start.

Then, I thought that maybe I could fix this myself. I could also bork my system, but I had to try.

First, I tried opening Zoom as root on the terminal. This is what I got:

Zoom path is: /opt/zoom
cmd line: 
Start subprocess: /opt/zoom/zoom sucessfully,  process pid: 9846 
Can't load/root/.config/zoomus.conf
/opt/zoom/zoom: error while loading shared libraries: libOpenGL.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Something went wrong while running zoom, exit code is 127.
ZoomLauncher exit.

Well, it gave me a nice hint! LibOpenGL was not present.  Should I try searching for it and installing it?

I opened Synaptic and looked for it. It told me the package libopengl0 was not installed but it was available. So, I installed it and tried to open Zoom.

There it was!  The app opened fine. I tested video and audio; everything worked like before.  Hey! I feel accomplished now! 😅

Cheers!

 

 

 

jueves, 21 de mayo de 2026

16 Years on Linux!!

 


Woah!  It's been 16 years since my migration to Linux!  During these years, I've seen a lot of changes, some good, some not so good.  My desktop finally died and I've been using my ZaReason Linux laptop since then.  It's sad to think that ZaReason had to close down; still, one of their products is alive here, more than 10 years ago.

Nowadays Linux is gaining more and more desktop recognition.  Amazing!

Want to hear a secret? I've been on Linux as my only OS for 16 full years already... and I'm still a complete n00b at the command line!  😂