[GNC] GNUCash never starts over forwarded X session

[Andrew Clark]

Hi,

I used to be able to forward gnucash over ssh to a local xming server.

It seems since upgrading to GnuCash 3.3 Build ID: 3.3+ (2018-09-29) I can
no longer do this. The program starts, the splash screen displays, but the
status message stays on gnucash/engine forever.

I'm running buster/sid Debian on the server end, forwarding the X session
via ssh to Xming 6.9.0.31 running on Windows 10.

I've also tried forwarding Xnest and then running GNUCash in that, but that
hangs at the same place.

Any ideas where to look?
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Cheers,

Andrew.
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[John Ralls]

Post by Andrew Clark
Hi,
I used to be able to forward gnucash over ssh to a local xming server.
It seems since upgrading to GnuCash 3.3 Build ID: 3.3+ (2018-09-29) I can
no longer do this. The program starts, the splash screen displays, but the
status message stays on gnucash/engine forever.
I'm running buster/sid Debian on the server end, forwarding the X session
via ssh to Xming 6.9.0.31 running on Windows 10.
I've also tried forwarding Xnest and then running GNUCash in that, but that
hangs at the same place.
Any ideas where to look?

Is the system you’re running GnuCash on headless? If not, does GnuCash start up ok when the X-server is running on the same machine?

Regards,
John Ralls

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[Andrew Clark]

Yes, when I'm home I use GNUCash on the machine and it works fine. I'm only
tryign to use the frowarded session because I'm away at the moment. I've
previously done this and it worked fine.

Post by John Ralls

Post by Andrew Clark
Hi,
I used to be able to forward gnucash over ssh to a local xming server.
It seems since upgrading to GnuCash 3.3 Build ID: 3.3+ (2018-09-29) I

can

Post by Andrew Clark
no longer do this. The program starts, the splash screen displays, but

the

Post by Andrew Clark
status message stays on gnucash/engine forever.
I'm running buster/sid Debian on the server end, forwarding the X session
via ssh to Xming 6.9.0.31 running on Windows 10.
I've also tried forwarding Xnest and then running GNUCash in that, but

that

Post by Andrew Clark
hangs at the same place.
Any ideas where to look?

Is the system you’re running GnuCash on headless? If not, does GnuCash
start up ok when the X-server is running on the same machine?
Regards,
John Ralls

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Andrew.
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[Derek Atkins]

Post by Andrew Clark
Yes, when I'm home I use GNUCash on the machine and it works fine. I'm only
tryign to use the frowarded session because I'm away at the moment. I've
previously done this and it worked fine.

What X-forwarding method are you using?
It works for me using ssh -X
also ensure you have xauth installed (on the remote machine).

-derek
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[Andrew Clark]

I've tried connecting using both putty and Bitvise SSH client to forward
the X session. Both hang at the same point:
[image: image.png]

Xauth is installed on the machien running gnucash:

***@discus 1 ~ $ dpkg -l xauth
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii xauth 1:1.0.10-1 amd64 X authentication utility

I've tried running Xnest on the remote machine and then gnucash in that,
but it still doesn't work.

e.g.

Xnest :10 &
DISPLAY=:10.0 gnucash

Hangs in the same place.

Things like DISPLAY=10:.0 xeyes work though.

Post by Derek Atkins

Post by Andrew Clark
Yes, when I'm home I use GNUCash on the machine and it works fine. I'm

only

Post by Andrew Clark
tryign to use the frowarded session because I'm away at the moment. I've
previously done this and it worked fine.

What X-forwarding method are you using?
It works for me using ssh -X
also ensure you have xauth installed (on the remote machine).
-derek
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Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH