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[Daniel van Vugt <daniel.van.vugt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Confirmed (on wily too). Flatten mode is broken, but more weird is that
this bug only occurs in Unity8 (not in the Mir demo servers)...

As a workaround, you can use:   gimp --no-splash
And then for the best experience go:  Windows > Single-Window Mode

** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Also affects: unity8 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1501346

Title:
  Gimp fails to start w/ Xmir running in '-rootless -flatten' mode under
  Unity 8

Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I'm trying to run Gimp in a Vivid + overlay PPA Unity 8 desktop
  session using Xmir from the overlay PPA with the '-rootless -flatten'
  Xmir options. Gimp fails to start in this situation.

  I've attached the application and unity8 log files.

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