OK, it appears to be purely a Unity8/QtMir bug. Unity8 does not allow
gaps (splash screens) in the lifecycle of a connection's surface:
Connect
Create splash window
Destroy splash window
Create app window (still using the original connection)
This succeeds from the client's perspective (Xmir) but Unity8/QtMir
fails to display the second window (which is the main app window).
Using other simpler apps I can reproduce the same bug. There's a strange
delay in Unity8 -- If you can pause for 5-10 seconds between creating
the first and second window then Unity8 does work.
Workaround: gimp --no-splash
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Also affects: qtmir (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: qtmir (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Also affects: qtmir
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: qtmir
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 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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