Workrave applet does not work in Gnome Shell 17.10 under Xorg

[Vadim Peretokin]

The applet does not show up despite Workrave 1.10 advertising Gnome Shell support: http://www.workrave.org/blog/2013/01/13/workrave-110-released/

The current workaround is: https://askubuntu.com/questions/967264/how-to-get-workrave-indicator-to-show-in-ubuntu-17-10/967425#967425

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: workrave (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Oct 23 07:12:19 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-23 (2039 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: workrave
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[perrot (antonin-perrotaudet)]

+1

[torzsmokus (torzsmokus)]

easier workaround:
workrave --display=:0
(from the askubuntu thread referred to by OP)