Comment 17 for bug 1502263

same in Ubuntu 17.10 Wayland:
corrado@corrado-HP-aa-p5:~/Documents$ env | grep -i wayland
DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu-wayland
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu-wayland
GDMSESSION=ubuntu-wayland
corrado@corrado-HP-aa-p5:~/Documents$

corrado@corrado-HP-aa-p5:~/Documents$ ./inxi -Fxx
System: Host: corrado-HP-aa-p5 Kernel: 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0)
           Desktop: Gnome 3.24.2 (Gtk 3.22.15-0ubuntu2) dm: gdm3
           Distro: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch)
Machine: Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP 250 G3 Notebook PC v: 0991100000000000000600087
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2211 v: 86.49 UEFI: Insyde v: F.36 date: 12/18/2014
           Chassis: type: 10
Battery BAT1: charge: 3.2 Wh 14.8% condition: 21.5/21.8 Wh (99%) volts: 10.6/11.1
           model: 13-42 OA03031 serial: 02550 01/07/2015 status: Discharging
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-4210U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9577
           clock speeds: min/max: 800/2700 MHz 1: 799 MHz 2: 799 MHz 3: 799 MHz 4: 1017 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16
           Display Server: wayland (X.Org 1.19.3) driver: N/A Resolution: 1366x768@59.80hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile
           version: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.2 (compat-v: 3.0) Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel 8 Series HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20
           Card-2 Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.11.0-10-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136
           IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: 5c:b9:01:06:ba:ce
           Card-2: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
           driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 1814:3290
           IF: wlo1 state: up mac: ac:d1:b8:82:03:5d
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (2.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST500LT012 size: 500.1GB serial: W3PEAWM4
Partition: ID-1: / size: 32G used: 5.5G (19%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
RAID: System: supported: N/A
           No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0C mobo: 42.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 229 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 1118.1/3881.2MB Init: systemd v: 233 runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121 running in gnome-terminal-) inxi: 2.3.23
corrado@corrado-HP-aa-p5:~/Documents$

for a (may be) similar problem see also:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/1705188
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpick/+bug/1704808