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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