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bug #56550: Unable to start Octave with X11 forwarding via flatpak

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Wed 26 Jun 2019 02:44:15 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  None
Status:  Invalid / Not an Octave Bug Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Christian Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Closed Release:  * 5.1.0
Operating System:  * GNU/Linux Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None
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Wed 26 Jun 2019 04:49:35 PM UTC, comment #2: 

This is the upstream Flatpak bug tracked here: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/397

This is not specific to Octave, but for any application that uses X11, where a user may want to use it over a forwarded socket.

Closing as invalid.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Wed 26 Jun 2019 03:15:23 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Possible workaround is to start Octave as follows:

    flatpak run --share=network --command=bash org.octave.Octave -c "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY octave"

However, something weird happens when pressing Ctrl-C.
I'll report that separately.

Anonymous
Wed 26 Jun 2019 02:44:15 AM UTC, original submission:  

I am unable to start Octave 5.1 with X11 forwarding via flatpak.

To reproduce, connect to a remmote host:

    local$ ssh -X remote-host

Then attempt to start Octave:

    remote-host$ flatpak run org.octave.Octave
    octave: X11 DISPLAY environment variable not set
    octave: disabling GUI features
    GNU Octave, version 5.1.0

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