Size decreases when cycling between full-screen mode using F11

[Martin D. Weinberg]

Launch an gnome-terminal and cycle between full screen and normal by pressing F11 twice. The original size of the terminal is not restored. Doing this multiple times, the window continues to shrink.

This did not occur on 17.04 or earlier. I use this regularly as part of my workflow. Obviously, this is a minor issue, but it sure is annoying.

This bug does not exist in terminator FWIW. I'd prefer not to switch to terminator, however.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-terminal 3.24.2-0ubuntu4
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: Sat Oct 21 09:49:18 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-22 (546 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-20 (1 days ago)

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

Could you please confirm whether you're using Ubuntu's new default, that is, GNOME on Wayland?

If so then this is a duplicate of bug 1288655.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Martin D. Weinberg (martin-weinberg-5)]

Yes, GNOME on Wayland. I will try GNOME on X.

[Martin D. Weinberg (martin-weinberg-5)]

Yes, no problem with GNOME on Xorg. Thanks for the heads up.

I found another problem with Wayland handling the dock + laptop lid that works correctly with Xorg. Just trying to help. Not sure what package to file a bug on, do you? Would that be xwayland?

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

Probably Wayland is the correct component. I'm not sure, I'm also just learning these things nowadays.

XWayland is the compatibility layer, to get apps using X11 (rather than Wayland) run on Wayland.