Public bug reported: Gpick is not working in Ubuntu 17.10 in Wayland Session.
Seems to be a design restriction of Wayland to confine application actions to only their windows. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Wayland_problems#Screen_capture_is_not_available_with_usual_apps ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gpick 0.2.5+git20161221-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8 Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Mon Jul 17 10:17:37 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-04 (13 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170626) SourcePackage: gpick UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gpick Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: gpick (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful julyshakedown wayland wayland-session ** Bug watch added: github.com/thezbyg/gpick/issues #141 https://github.com/thezbyg/gpick/issues/141 ** Also affects: gpick via https://github.com/thezbyg/gpick/issues/141 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Tags added: julyshakedown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1704808 Title: Gpick is not working in Wayland session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gpick/+bug/1704808/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
