ssh -X [host] problems

[Jack Spaar]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:15:45 -0400, James Pifer wrote:

> On my laptop I'm running FC4. I have a server running CentOS 4. I connect
> to this server using ssh -X [host] and then run some apps. One of the apps
> I run is firefox, but when connecting to this system it acts very strange.
> 
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It's not a CentOS issue, I've seen it happen between two FC4 boxes.  I can
successfully run a remote firefox only if NO local firefox instance is
running on the laptop.

Maybe someone else can tell us if this is the intended behaviour.

--Jack