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Re: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Keith Thompson wrote:
> It looks like the problem has to do with the new OpenSSH package.
>
> I tried logging into my Solaris box using SecureCRT, a Windows SSH client,
> and then starting up an xterm from there; cut-and-paste worked correctly.
>
> Now I've re-upgraded all the XFree86 packages and downgraded OpenSSH to
> OpenSSH_3.7.1p2, and cut-and-paste still works correctly.
>
> It looks like there's a problem with X forwarding in the new OpenSSH
> package.
>From the new OpenSSH-3.8p1-1 announcement:
* ssh(1) now uses untrusted cookies for X11-Forwarding.
Some X11 applications might need full access to the X11 server,
see ForwardX11Trusted in ssh(1) and xauth(1) for more information.
Haven't looked further...
Igor
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