gnome-screenshot doesn't copy the screenshot to clipboard, when using command line

Bug #1913288 reported by Jakub Wróbel
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Bug Description

Executing gnome-screenshot with a -c flag doesn't copy the screenshot to clipboard. GTK app works fine. On Ubuntu 20.04 with 3.36.0 version of gnome-screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-screenshot 3.36.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-40.45~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jan 26 12:14:14 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-01-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
SourcePackage: gnome-screenshot
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Jakub Wróbel (jakubwrobel) wrote :
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Iiro Ullin (iiroullin) wrote :

Similar issue in 22.04 (gnome-screenshot v.41) If there is an instance of the utility running already, then the clipboard copy/paste works as intended. Otherwise, gnome-screenshot -ac doesn't copy anything into clipboard (although the sound is produced) or clears the clipboard when terminating...

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