> I *always* use ssh, but that my x progs didn't work automatically.
Hmm... It's hard to diagnose without seeing the specific situation, but
the way ssh convinces your X applications to forward connections through
it is (intuitively) by setting the DISPLAY variable of their environment.
If something on your host (such as a startup script) modifies the DISPLAY
environment variable, then the programs wouldn't know to forward
connections through ssh; they might even be trying to display themselves
on your own computer's screen!
That's just a guess, but many people who know much less that you do use
ssh successfully all the time :), so I don't think it's a widespread
problem with ssh. Good luck,
Shawn