Doesn't ask for password, nothing shows at all

Post #327,460 by drook 6/6/10 12:29:28 PM Reply	Doesn't ask for password, nothing shows at all And '-v' doesn't show anything extra either. -- Drew
Post #327,473 by crazy 6/6/10 8:30:38 PM Reply	From the links "If I went through the console and used SSH -y (X11 forwarding) I could open OOo files with no problems." And yes, I'm used to adding the -Y occasionally.
Post #327,478 by drook 6/7/10 12:22:20 AM Reply	Okay, this is weird Went up to the desktop machine and saw a half-dozen OOo docs open. So SSHed in with X forwarding enabled, gThumb, Gimp and Nautilus all open on the laptop. But all OOo apps open on the desktop. Strange. -- Drew
Post #327,480 by folkert 6/7/10 7:42:27 AM Reply	I have an alias... alias ssh='ssh -A -X' When I do this form an open command prompt: `ssh prodigal openoffice.org` It opens fully on my other machine locally. I have key authentication setup, if that makes any difference.
Post #327,484 by drook 6/7/10 9:48:19 AM Reply	That's got it -- Drew
Post #333,549 by drook 10/1/10 8:53:12 PM Reply	Happening again Still got the alias set up. Same symptoms as before. Annoying. -- Drew
Post #333,567 by folkert 10/2/10 8:24:58 AM Reply	Are you sure... Your SSH Key is loaded and your SSH-Agent is running? That is the only time it fails for me...
Post #333,578 by drook 10/2/10 11:03:08 AM Reply	Other apps open remotely as they should It's only the OpenOffice stuff that doesn't. That's what makes this so strange. -- Drew
Post #333,580 by scoenye 10/2/10 11:07:07 AM Reply	Are you logged in locally on the desktop as well? http://bugs.debian.o...rt.cgi?bug=290902 OpenOffice seems to have a couple of longstanding issues with regards to display forwarding.
Post #333,586 by drook 10/2/10 12:56:58 PM Reply	Yup, looks like my issue exactly Jeeze, open since 2005, still open when it was merged in Sept. 2010. -- Drew
Post #333,588 by folkert 10/2/10 1:15:41 PM Reply	I just replicated this... What a set of maroons... (yeah morons)

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