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

The Xmir workaround is an ugly hack (it leaves stale pixels on screen
between windows). Please don't assume that feature will stay. Better off
using gimp --no-splash

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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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