OK, I can repro this on one machine but not another (not sure what the difference is yet). For the record, journalctl is spammed with error like the following when it does happen.
Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: g_application_get_application_id: assertion 'G_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: g_variant_new_string: assertion 'string != NULL' failed Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: g_application_get_application_id: assertion 'G_IS_APPLICATION (application)' failed Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: g_variant_new_string: assertion 'string != NULL' failed Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-fallback-icon-theme Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-icon-sizes Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-alternative-button-order Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-show-input-method-menu Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-show-unicode-menu Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-timeout-initial Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-timeout-repeat Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-timeout-expand Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-color-scheme Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-touchscreen-mode Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-tooltip-timeout Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-tooltip-browse-timeout Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-tooltip-browse-mode-timeout Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-keynav-cursor-only Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-keynav-wrap-around Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property color-hash Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-file-chooser-backend Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-print-backends Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-print-preview-command Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-recent-files-limit Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-fontconfig-timestamp Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-sound-theme-name Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-enable-event-sounds Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-enable-tooltips Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-toolbar-style Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-toolbar-icon-size Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-auto-mnemonics Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-visible-focus Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-entry-password-hint-timeout Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-menu-bar-popup-delay Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-scrolled-window-placement Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-can-change-accels Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-menu-popup-delay Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-menu-popdown-delay Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-color-palette Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-im-preedit-style Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-im-status-style Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-titlebar-middle-click Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-titlebar-right-click Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-enable-primary-paste Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-keynav-use-caret Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: GtkSettings Cursor Theme: Unsupported GDK backend Mar 23 09:00:01 xt2-17 konsole[12421]: unknown property gtk-fallback-icon-theme -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1675364 Title: [Regression] xmir applications fail to render Status in Canonical System Image: Triaged Status in libertine package in Ubuntu: New Status in mir package in Ubuntu: New Status in qtmir package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in ubuntu-app-launch package in Ubuntu: New Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Recently something has regressed and if i start konsole (using xmir) in unity8 all i get is the splash screen with a spinner forever. 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