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[Christopher Townsend <christopher.townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

@kevin,

I'd rather go with a workaround in xmir.  Otherwise, I would have to
modify the .desktop files inside the chroot to add any special exec
options passed to the application and that could be a headache.

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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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