diff --git a/crates/livekit_client/src/livekit_client/linux.rs b/crates/livekit_client/src/livekit_client/linux.rs
index fe7189e901..0ce630976d 100644
--- a/crates/livekit_client/src/livekit_client/linux.rs
+++ b/crates/livekit_client/src/livekit_client/linux.rs
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn start_wayland_desktop_capture(
         .ok_or_else(|| {
             stop_flag.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
             anyhow::anyhow!(
-                "Screen sharing was canceled or the portal denied permission. \
-                 You can try again from the screen share button."
+                "Screen sharing was canceled, permission was denied, or the PipeWire \
+                 connection failed. You can try again from the screen share button."
             )
         })?;
 
diff --git a/script/bundle-linux b/script/bundle-linux
index 0b1fabe982..79de85b2a8 100755
--- a/script/bundle-linux
+++ b/script/bundle-linux
@@ -155,10 +155,15 @@ cp "${target_dir}/${target_triple}/release/cli" "${zed_dir}/bin/zed"
 # Libs
 # Bundle libstdc++ so older supported systems can run binaries built with our
 # toolchain even when their system libstdc++.so.6 lacks required GLIBCXX symbols.
+#
+# Never bundle the GLib family or its private dependencies: host libraries that
+# get dlopen'd are built against the system GLib, and resolving them against an
+# older bundled copy fails with missing symbols.
 find_libs() {
     ldd ${target_dir}/${target_triple}/release/zed |\
         cut -d' ' -f3 |\
-        grep -v '\<\(libc.so\|libgcc_s.so\|libm.so\|libpthread.so\|libdl.so\|libasound.so\)'
+        grep -v '\<\(libc.so\|libgcc_s.so\|libm.so\|libpthread.so\|libdl.so\|libasound.so\)' |\
+        grep -v '\<\(libglib-2.0.so\|libgobject-2.0.so\|libgio-2.0.so\|libgmodule-2.0.so\|libpcre.so\|libpcre2-8.so\|libmount.so\|libblkid.so\|libselinux.so\|libffi.so\|libresolv.so\|libz.so\)'
 }
 
 mkdir -p "${zed_dir}/lib"
diff --git a/script/install.sh b/script/install.sh
index f3a32b102a..0a8278b0c5 100755
--- a/script/install.sh
+++ b/script/install.sh
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ linux() {
     mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/zed$suffix.app"
     tar -xzf "$temp/zed-linux-$arch.tar.gz" -C "$HOME/.local/"
 
+    zed_editor="$HOME/.local/zed$suffix.app/libexec/zed-editor"
+    if [ -f "$zed_editor" ] && command -v ldd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        missing="$(ldd "$zed_editor" 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*\(.*\) => not found$/\1/p')"
+        if [ -n "$missing" ]; then
+            echo "Warning: your system is missing libraries that Zed needs:"
+            echo "$missing" | sed 's/^/    /'
+            echo "Install them with your package manager, or Zed will fail to start."
+        fi
+    fi
+
     # Setup ~/.local directories
     mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin" "$HOME/.local/share/applications"