On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 07:09:46AM +0100, Neil Youngman wrote: > On Sunday 09 Oct 2005 22:18, Willie McKemie wrote: > > I "ssh -XC <ip>", then "firefox" or "firefox&". Sure enough, I get > > Firefox on my local display. But, it gives every indication that it is > > a local Firefox, not Firefox on the remote box; the URL "file:///" > > shows the local filesystem. Other X apps run through the ssh ARE on > > the remote box. > > > > What the heck is going on here? And how to I fix it? > > Unlike most other programs you'll use, "firefox" is a shell script wrapper, > not the actual binary that is run. I'm guessing that what's going in is that > the shell script wrapper is doing something "clever". My best guess at this > point is that an existing copy of firefox is running on your local host and > the shell script detects this and asks it to pop up a new window, instead of > starting a new instance.
As unlikely as it seems to me, you MUST be right!. Giving firefox a "-width" parameter caused the remote's firefox to appear on my local display! Amusingly, the width parameter did not influence the width of the firefox window. Earlier, I tested remote display of an old mozilla browser; it behaved the same as firefox. Next time I have a local Firefox down, I will test and see if the symptoms occur if and only if a local firefox is running. Thanks for the insight! I have seen this problem for years and not really believed my eyes. I guess there are few of us who attempt to run firefox remotely. -- Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog! http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836 since 1995 Linux system uptime 469 days 18 hours 09 minutes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
