Re: [LAU] qjackctl gets confused when used through ssh -X

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:35:30AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:

> 2009/10/29 Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings@email-addr-hidden-hochschule.de>:
> > hi rui, hi *!
> >
> >
> > two hosts connected via netjack. local host uses qjackctl.
> > now ssh -X into remote host, start qjackctl and hope for a forwarded
> > window. no luck. all that happens is that the *local* qjackctl window
> > pops up.
> >
> > this doesn't happen with other gui apps. i use several xosviews on
> > several hosts frequently without problems.
> >
> > any guesses as to what might be going on?
>
> guess; Qt is trying to be way too clever.
>
> firefox does sort of the same thing - it registers some kind of
> service handle with the X server, and when starting up on a given
> display, a new firefox looks to see if the service already exists on
> that X server.

Other guess: your WM trying to be clever. It could recognise
the window of the remote app, think you want to local one and
move that to the current workspace which could result in the
two windows on top of each other.

Something like that (but harmless) happens in WindowMaker.
When you have an app icon for e.g. qjakctl, then launch it
on a remote machine, the icons 'start by double click'
function doesn't work anymore because wm thinks the app
is already running (you can still start on the icon's
menu).

Ciao,

-- 
FA
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