Re: Cannot run iceweasel on remote host
On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:57:21 -0400
"Manu Hack" <manuhack@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/4/07, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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?
>
> 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
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