[Bug 1726545] Re: Gparted not working in Wayland Ubuntu

[Curtis Gedak]

An interim fix is available in the upstream GParted 0.30.0 version.

Bug 776437 - GParted fails to run as root under Wayland
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776437


** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #776437
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776437

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Title:
  Gparted not working in Wayland Ubuntu

Status in gparted package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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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