[Bug 1726545] [NEW] Gparted not working in Wayland Ubuntu

[florin]

Public bug reported:

Some apps seem to have problems under Wayland in the new Ubuntu 17.10.
Among them, gParted, which is quite a necessary piece of software,
without any other capable enough option.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gparted 0.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Oct 23 22:09:57 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-21 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
SourcePackage: gparted
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session

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Title:
  Gparted not working in Wayland Ubuntu

Status in gparted package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Some apps seem to have problems under Wayland in the new Ubuntu 17.10.
  Among them, gParted, which is quite a necessary piece of software,
  without any other capable enough option.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: gparted 0.28.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Oct 23 22:09:57 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-21 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
  SourcePackage: gparted
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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