bug#31169: 26.1; Emacs 26.1 RC1 (gtk) display issues over SSH/X11 with xming/vcxsrv

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
> Cc: 31169@debbugs.gnu.org,  charliehemlock@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:05:12 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > The logic that determines which startup screen to display is in
> > use-fancy-splash-screens-p.  Something there causes Emacs to decide
> > the second situation cannot handle the fancy splash screen.
> 
> Ah, `fancy-splash-frame' checks `frame-visible-p', which, for my window
> manager, depends on when I switch to the workspace.

Is that a necessary test?  What happens if you use the selected frame,
when no frame is found to be visible?