Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:36:15 +0900 From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X applications crashing under 5.3BETA7 and X.org Message-ID: <41746F8F.4050805@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041019012839.GA69415@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200410190013.i9J0DUiP026018@app.auscert.org.au> <1098148119.5119.6.camel@dreamland.chief.home> <41746D50.8030805@yahoo.com> <20041019012839.GA69415@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:26:40AM +0900, Rob wrote: > >>Sascha Holzleiter wrote: >> >>>On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 10:13 +1000, freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I have a problem with applications crashing. Xterm will launch and run ok, >>>>but any attempt to mouse select text will cause an immediate crash with >>>>this output on the console: >>>> >>>>xterm: warning, error event received: >>>>X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) >>>>Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty) >>>>Atom id in failed request: 0x17f >>>>Serial number of failed request: 131 >>>>Current serial number in output stream: 133 >>>> >>> >>> >>>Hi, >>> >>>this isn't a Xorg issue it's just a X11 forwarding issue. >>>Newer OpenSSH versions don't use trusted X11 forwarding by default which >>>results in the above error if you try to cut & paste. >>>Just use trusted X11 forwarding and all should be fine. >>> >>>Either ssh -Y server-hostname or add "ForwardX11Trusted yes" to your ssh >>>config file. >> >>s/-Y/-X/ > > No, he meant -Y and that is indeed correct. Sorry, I verified this on a my 4-Stable PC and the -Y option was not there. It's there only with 5.3. Bottom line is: with 5.3 being inbetween Current and Stable, and 6 being the HEAD, I'm always confused what's discussed on Stable and Current mailinglists :). Cheers, Rob.
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