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[kevin gunn <kevin.gunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

@chris - do you wanna test the workaround? (assuming it lands pretty soon in overlay) and then mark this as fixed? 
or go with the --no-splash

** Also affects: canonical-pocket-desktop
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: canonical-pocket-desktop
     Assignee: (unassigned) => kevin gunn (kgunn72)

** Changed in: canonical-pocket-desktop
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: canonical-pocket-desktop
       Status: New => In Progress

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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 canonical-pocket-desktop:
  In Progress
Status in QtMir:
  Confirmed
Status in qtmir package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

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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