SOLVED: Why I can't 'ssh -fCXY /usr/bin/gnome-terminal' ? Grrrrr....

[Matt Birkholz]

Hey good to know: --disable-factory.  I couldn't get gnome-terminal up
after setting LANG=C in ~/.profile.  Stderr would get something about a
factory timeout.  (Moral of this story: LANG=C.UTF-8!)

On Wed, 2018-12-05 at 10:08 -0500, kitepilot at kitepilot.com wrote:
> I found the solution:
> ssh -fCXY etroconis at ETROCONIS02-DT '/usr/bin/gnome-terminal 
>  --disable-factory' 
> 
> Works...
> Go figure...   :(
> ET 
> 
> 
> kitepilot at kitepilot.com writes: 
> 
> > The STUPID terminal is starting in the local box, so now the
> > question is:
> > why is it ignoring the DISPLAY variable?
> > Grrrrrrr...
> > ET  
> > 
> > kitepilot at kitepilot.com writes:  
> > 
> > > Hello all:
> > > This is so freaking odd that I'll explain it with a series of
> > > commands:   
> > > 
> > > There are 2 computers involved, linuxbox (Mint Tara) and wincrap
> > > (Win 7).  
> > > 
> > > In linuxbox I type:   
> > > 
> > > etroconis at ETROCONIS02-DT:~$
> > > ssh -fCXY localhost xclock   
> > > 
> > > And I get my banana (xclock starts)   
> > > 
> > > Then   
> > > 
> > > etroconis at ETROCONIS02-DT:~$
> > > ssh -fCXY localhost gnome-terminal   
> > > 
> > > and (AMAZINGLY!!!!) I get another terminal window.
> > > So far so good.
> > > Linux is B-O-R-I-N-G...   
> > > 
> > > Now we move to a cygwin shell in wincrap and I type:   
> > > 
> > > etroconis at ETROCONIS-DT:~ $
> > > DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -fCXY etroconis at ETROCONIS02-DT xclock   
> > > 
> > > And (voila), predictably and reliably I again get my banana-
> > > clock,
> > > so FINAL ACT:   
> > > 
> > > etroconis at ETROCONIS-DT:~ $
> > > DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -fCXY etroconis at ETROCONIS02-DT /usr/bin/gnome-
> > > terminal   
> > > 
> > > But nope...    8(
> > > My terminal never starts in the WinCrap box!   
> > > 
> > > So, In summary:
> > > Please look at the 2 lines together (can you tell the
> > > difference?)
> > > DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -fCXY etroconis at ETROCONIS02-DT xclock
> > > DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -fCXY etroconis at ETROCONIS02-DT /usr/bin/gnome-
> > > terminal   
> > > 
> > > I know that things work locally.
> > > I know that clock works remotely.
> > > I know that gnome-terminal DOES NOT works remotely.
> > > Does anybody have any idea why?   :(
> > > Thanks for reading my rant...
> > > ET
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