[Bug 1952947] Re: ubuntu-bug -w (using xprop) doesn't work under wayland

[Brian Murray]

** Changed in: x11-utils (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  ubuntu-bug -w (using xprop) doesn't work under wayland

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in x11-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in apport source package in Focal:
  Triaged
Status in x11-utils source package in Focal:
  Invalid
Status in apport source package in Impish:
  Triaged
Status in x11-utils source package in Impish:
  Invalid
Status in apport source package in Jammy:
  Fix Released
Status in x11-utils source package in Jammy:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  This bug makes it more difficult for Wayland users to report bugs with
  apport. When a Wayland user tries to use the -w,--window option,
  apport fails silently. We do not want users to face a high barrier to
  submitting bug reports.

  The patch for this bug adds a message explaining that the -w,--window
  option cannot be used on Wayland, and suggests a method for finding
  the window's PID instead.

  [Test Plan]

  * Log on to Ubuntu on Wayland. You can check that $XDG_SESSION_TYPE=="wayland" in your current session.
  * Open a terminal, and run `ubuntu-bug -w`.
  * Click on any other window, and observe that the apport UI will not respond.

  [Where problems could occur]

  The patch uses os.getenv to check that $XDG_SESSION_TYPE is set to
  'wayland'. If either of these strings in the patch were wrong, or the
  environment variable was not used in the target release, the condition
  would likely never be true.

  [Original Description]

  I want to report a Bug about the application Studio Controls.

  As I did it already quite a few times, I run "ubuntu-bug -w", get a
  message that I can select the window of the app I want to report a bug
  about after closing this message.

  I close the message with a click on the appropriate button.

  I click on the window of the application "Studio Controls" that I want
  to report a bug about.

  Nothing happens.

  I wait for a few minutes. Still nothing happens.

  In the console where I started ubuntu-bug -w I see the following
  message:

  (apport-gtk:11537): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 20:06:41.384:
  gdk_wayland_window_set_dbus_properties_libgtk_only: assertion
  'GDK_IS_WAYLAND_WINDOW (window)' failed

  What I expect:

  Usaully when I use this procedure, after a relatively short while a
  new message window pops up asking me if the bug should be reported and
  showing me the data that is sent to Launchpad.

  I tried other applications, too, same effect.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
  Package: apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-21.21-lowlatency 5.13.18
  Uname: Linux 5.13.0-21-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportLog:

  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Dec  1 20:01:23 2021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-12 (597 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-11-14 (16 days ago)

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