Re: Cannot run iceweasel on remote host
On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:44:24 -0400
"Manu Hack" <manuhack@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/3/07, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:08:29 +0530
> > Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com> 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?
--
Liam
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