[GNC] GNUCash never starts over forwarded X session

[John Ralls]

> On Dec 5, 2018, at 3:13 PM, Andrew Clark <ajfclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I used to be able to forward gnucash over ssh to a local xming server.
> 
> It seems since upgrading to GnuCash 3.3 Build ID:  3.3+ (2018-09-29) I can
> no longer do this. The program starts, the splash screen displays, but the
> status message stays on gnucash/engine forever.
> 
> I'm running buster/sid Debian on the server end, forwarding the X session
> via ssh to Xming 6.9.0.31 running on Windows 10.
> 
> I've also tried forwarding Xnest and then running GNUCash in that, but that
> hangs at the same place.
> 
> Any ideas where to look?

Is the system you’re running GnuCash on headless? If not, does GnuCash start up ok when the X-server is running on the same machine?

Regards,
John Ralls