firefox broken

[Dave Howorth]

Colin Law wrote:
> On 8 December 2010 15:50, Dave Howorth <dhoworth at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Colin Law wrote:
>>> What ssh command are you using to connect?
>> ssh -X hostname
>>
>>> What command are you running to start FF?
>> firefox
>>
>>> What happens if you run remotely from the third machine, but as
>>> yourself as user?
>> It works normally.
> 
> So third machine to Ubuntu machine is ok, but your desktop to Ubuntu
> machine is not.  Doesn't that mean that it is your desktop that is the
> one with the problem, rather than the Ubuntu one?

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. I interpreted "run remotely from the third
machine" to mean run firefox on the third machine with it displayed on
my desktop. The third machine is a headless server so the reverse case
that you suggest is not possible.

Cheers, Dave