It's been confirmed that the version of xmir in ppa:libertine-team/devel fixes this issue. Will leave this open until a newer version of xmir makes it into the overlay PPA.
** Also affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags added: xmir ** Changed in: libertine (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Summary changed: - Crash when launching gimp with a file arg + [xmir] Crash when launching gimp with a file arg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1508994 Title: [xmir] Crash when launching gimp with a file arg Status in libertine package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Starting gimp without any args works fine, like this: ubuntu-app-launch puritine_gimp_0.0 However appending an arg causes a crash during startup: ubuntu-app-launch puritine_gimp_0.0 file:///home/phablet/Documents/HubIncoming/webbrowser-app.1.1.png Here's a link to the crash report which I think was generated when this happens. https://errors.ubuntu.com/oops/79b28824-78cc-11e5-bf0f-fa163e339c81 And the upstart log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/12894662/ Once this fails to once, it'll fail to launch gimp even without args until the device is rebooted. I can only reproduce this with gimp, firefox behaves fine when launched with the same arg. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libertine/+bug/1508994/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp