I use nx on my MacBook Pro to connect to my Linux box to run IC design/layout software (Cadence) and display all the windows back onto my Mac (using XQuartz). I used to do this via SSH and it worked just fine, but the problem I had with that method was that if I disconnected my MacBook Pro from the network (e.g. to take it to a conference room) then all the software I was running on the linux box immediately blew up. I just love using nx because I can disconnect/reconnect the network and have all the originally displayed windows stay alive and show up again so I can keep on working :-). This is fantastic!
I’ve confirmed the following bug only happens when I’m using the CAD tools via nx. While using the CAD tools, I can select an object and then press “q” on the keyboard to bring up a query window. If I dismiss the window I can *never* bring it up again by pressing “q” again. I have forever lost that functionality :-(. This does not happen when I connect manually via SSH and display all the windows that way.
Just now I tried out the newly released 5.1.44 but the problem persists. I don’t think this is an XQuartz problem because the CAD tools work flawlessly when I’m connected via SSH. All that being said, I’m mostly a CAD tools user and not a linux/nx guru so my ability to debug this is constrained. However, I’m happy to provide any log files or run any experiments to debug this…