On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:57:21 -0400 "Manu Hack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/4/07, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:44:24 -0400 > > "Manu Hack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 10/3/07, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:08:29 +0530 > > > > Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I am facing a weird problem when trying to run iceweasel on a > > > > > remote host through an ssh session. I have logged into the > > > > > remote host using "ssh -Y <remote>" and at the prompt of the > > > > > remote host, I ran iceweasel. However it appears that a local > > > > > instance of iceweasel is started. There is no > > > > > iceweasel/firefox process at all on the remote host. The only > > > > > way I could get iceweasel to run on the remote host is by > > > > > closing all instances of iceweasel already running on the > > > > > localhost. > > > > > > > > > > Is something wrong? > > > > > > > > No, it's a feature :-) > > > > > > > > > If not, how do I run separate instances of > > > > > iceweasel concurrently? > > > > > > > > Invoke iceweasel on the remote host by issuing the command > > > > 'iceweasel -no-remote'. > > > > > > It doesn't work for me. It still gave me a box saying: > > > "Iceweasel is already running, but is not responding. To open a > > > new window, you must first close the existing Iceweasel process, > > > or restart your system. Any clue? > > > > > > Manu > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure sure what you are trying to do, or how you are going > > about it. Let's assume that you wish to connect to an existing > > iceweasel instance from a remote host. > > > > First, try connecting from the same host. On that host, try the > > command 'iceweasel -new-window http://www.debian.org'. What happens? > > It pops up a box say the same thing --- "Iceweasel is > already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you > must first close the existing Iceweasel process, or restart your > system.". > > Manu > > That indicates a problem with iceweasel itself, rather than with X11 forwarding. It sounds similar to the following bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=411479 -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
