GUI launch fails strangely when done from a secondary login, ssh -X
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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evince (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: evince
Here's what I did:
ssh -X seconduser@
evince myfile.pdf
ie, after logging in as a different user, I launch evince. It does not fully die (ie it stays in the foreground / I don't get my prompt back), but no window comes up and I get:
Failed to get bus connection: Command line `dbus-launch --autolaunch=<some hexy code here> --binary-syntax --close-stderr' exited with non-zero exit status 1: EOF in dbus-launch reading address from bus daemon\n
(where I've removed some hexy code in case it's private).
Other applications like xterm and acroread launch just fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: evince 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 5 11:29:26 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_CA.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evince
Changed in evince (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
I think this is related to bug #694627
I see the same error running evince on a remote host (on natty). Starting evince via dbus-launch is a workaround.