Why SSH X forwarding opens application in text mode ?
Issue
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Start first ssh session using
ssh -Xfrom client to RHEL6 system, gets display variable aslocalhost:10.0this opens up a GUI application (emacs) it opens fine, logout using<CTRL>+<D> -
Open a second
ssh -Xsession from client to RHEL6 system, gets display variable aslocalhost:10.0now GUI application fails to launch, if tries to open emacs it opens in a text mode.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- SSH
- Emacs
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