Shell crashes when I start skype under Wayland session

Bug #1760487 reported by Omer Akram
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

In terminal type

1. snap install skype --classic
2. skype

Shell crashes and you end up at login screen.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Apr 2 01:16:10 2018
DisplayManager: gdm3
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.shell' b'had-bluetooth-devices-setup' b'true'
 b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['firefox_firefox.desktop', 'org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'gnome-system-monitor_gnome-system-monitor.desktop', 'android-studio_android-studio.desktop']"
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-18 (14 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180317)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :
summary: - Shell crashes when I start skype
+ Shell crashes when I start skype under Wayland session
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Hey Omer,

We have a few different gnome-shell crashes all with similar symptoms. Could you please:

1. Look for a crash file in /var/crash and then upload it with:
   ubuntu-bug /var/crash/YOURFILE.crash

2. Let us know here the ID of the new bug?

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for gnome-shell (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Ads20000 (ads20000) wrote :

Hi Daniel I've filed bug 1777425 with the crash file :)

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Russell Jones (russell-jones-oxphys) wrote :

Apparently this needs to be re-reported with the command

ubuntu-bug _usr_bin_Xwayland.1000.crash

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