Indeed, I was thinking the same thing. If your Xmir debug log shows no realization then the server is hung on something earlier than that (like connecting to Mir maybe). Remember Xmir is heavily dependent on client API callbacks for non-blocking-single-threaded behaviour.
Got a stack trace of Xmir itself while not yet drawing anything? -- 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/1584784 Title: With Mir 0.23.0, X apps under Unity8 need interaction to start in pocket-desktop Status in Mir: In Progress Status in Mir 0.23 series: In Progress Status in Mir 0.24 series: In Progress Status in QtMir: New Status in mir package in Ubuntu: New Status in qtmir package in Ubuntu: New Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: With Mir 0.23.0, X apps under Unity8 need some interaction to get the applications to start. 0.23.0 is blocked pending fix. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1584784/+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