Shutter doesn't work in Ubuntu 17.10 -- captures garbage screenshots

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On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 5:50 PM Jonathan Kamens <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> The attached is what the image looks like when I tell shutter to capture
> a screenshot of my desktop.
>
> It looks similar when I try to capture by selection or by an individual
> window.
>
> Basically, all of the screenshots captured with shutter under 17.10
> using Wayland are garbage.
>
> Is there an alernative to shutter which we can use until such time as
> this is fixed?
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
> Package: shutter 0.93.1-2
> 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: Fri Oct 20 11:40:32 2017
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-19 (153 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: shutter
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-20 (0 days ago)
>
> ** Affects: shutter (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session
>
> ** Attachment added: "Workspace 1_038.png"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725345/+attachment/4979201/+files/Workspace%201_038.png
>
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> Shutter doesn't work in Ubuntu 10.10 -- captures garbage screenshots
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.