Why can't I type anything into Mozilla when I run it on aremote X server

Net Llama! netllama
Mon May 17 11:45:12 PDT 2004


THis is definitely something wonky with your 'X-Deep32'. I run mozilla 
forwarded over X to other Linux boxes all the time, and it works just fine.

On 03/06/03 19:10, James McDonald wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I am having a small issue with Mozilla.
> 
> I have my Mandrake 8.0 linux with a lan connected to a Windows XP box running 
> X-Deep32 v4.0 X server for windows.
> 
> I login to my linux box via ssh and run...
> 
> export DISPLAY=pcname.fqdn.org
> mozilla &
> 
> Mozilla launches fine and I can click on any menu or weblink but I can't enter 
> text in composer,the mail client, or the location bar.
> 
> I am running a Mozilla 1.3b nightly download version of a few days ago.
> 
> I have switched to kmail to write this with the same setup as above and it 
> works fine.
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on why mozilla wouldn't accept keyboard text imput 
> while running over a remote x-server session?
> 
> Thanks
> James McDonald
> 
> 
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