GnuCash 2.4.10 on Debian wheezy - holding x11 channels

[Phil Reynolds]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:23:44 +0100
Mike Evans <mikee at saxicola.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:53:38 +0100
> Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 11 September 2014 10:56, Phil Reynolds
> > <phil-gnucash at tinsleyviaduct.com> wrote:
> > > I am running GnuCash on my laptop. When I want to use my desktop
> > > machine to access it, I do so via ssh. If I do ssh hostcame
> > > gnucash, it runs just fine, but is still holding 3 channels open
> > > after closing, according to the ssh debug. This means I have to
> > > do Ctrl-C to get the prompt back.
> > >
> > > Is this a known/fixable issue with GnuCash?
> > 
> > I can't seem to find the details at the moment but I suspect this is
> > an X issue rather than gnucash.  I can't find the right keywords to
> > search for in launchpad.  See if you get the same symptoms running
> > other apps, gedit, firefox, nautilus, whatever.  Try a few and see
> > if any of them show the problem.
> > 
> > Colin
> >
> 
> I get the same behaviour using many applications over an ssh
> connection with X forwarding, geany and claws-mail to name but two so
> I too think this is nothing to do with GnuCash directly.

Hmmm... gedit does likewise - so I agree. I make limited use of apps in
this direction - a simple xterm behaves, for example.

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Phil Reynolds
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