Pinch and Zoom opens Remote Desktop in Google Chrome

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This has been driving me crazy for ages. I keep getting this popoup:

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I was a bit worried at first as I thought a random was trying to initiate a remote connection, but i eventually worked out how to replicate it, and what to google, when i found this post, which is exactly the same thing that’s happening to me. The OP there closed the thread after uninstalling Chrome. Not really a solution that works for me though.

System:
  Host: slinky Kernel: 6.6.41-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: GNOME v: 46.3.1 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookAir7,2 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-937CB26E2E02BB01 v: MacBookAir7,2
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 486.0.0.0.0 date: 08/03/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.5 Wh (83.7%) condition: 46.0/54.3 Wh (84.6%)
    volts: 8.0 min: 7.6
CPU:
  Info: dual core Intel Core i5-5250U [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 879
    min/max: 500/2700
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 6000 driver: i915 v: kernel
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: i915 resolution: no compositor data
    resolution: 1440x900
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.1.3-manjaro1.1
    renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 6000 (BDW GT3)
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: wl
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 113 GiB used: 37.22 GiB (32.9%)
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.66 GiB used: 2.63 GiB (34.3%)
  Processes: 238 Uptime: 49m Shell: Zsh inxi: 3.3.3

any help would be most appreciated.
thanks,
Paul.

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Now that I know that I always get the popup when pinching or zooming on the touchpad when using Google Chrome, I’ve done a bit more Googling and testing, and, weirdly, I don’t even have Googles remote desktop extension added to Chrome. I removed all extensions (mostly about viewing Word or PDF docs) leaving only the GNOME Shell integration extension added.

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I still experience the issue after I removed these extensions and disabled the GNOME Shell integration extension.

Here’s what happens. I zoom or pinch and I get the popup;

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If I move the slider to “Allow Remote Interaction” and press “Share”, i get the red icon showing in the taskbar and pinch/zoom reverts back to it’s correct behaviour of zoom out/zoom in
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I can then zoom in and out with the touchpad as long as that icon is in the taskbar. as soon as I either left or right click on the red icon, it disappears and we’re back to the start where pinch/zoom brings up the popup again.

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So, yeah, still happening.

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You don’t need to remove / replace “Google Chrome” with another browser. Switch from Wayland to X11 and the problem is gone. :sweat_smile: some joke beside.

I could reproduce the problem and i found a solution (for me):

  • In Google Chrome open chrome://flags
  • Search for “ozone”
  • Change “Preferred Ozone platform” to “Auto”
  • Restart Google Chrome

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It’s apparently been awhile since you’ve been around. Welcome back! :wave:

Please review the Forum Rules. :wink:

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I had this issue too, fixed itself after adding these flags to the ~/.config/chrome-flags.conf:
--ozone-platform-hint=auto --use-zero-copy --enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder,VaapiIgnoreDriverChecks,Vulkan,DefaultANGLEVulkan,VulkanFromANGLE,TouchpadOverscrollHistoryNavigation%

Most likely you only need the first one so Chrome runs in wayland mode but I’m dumping all just in case.