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Re: 1.7.2: ssh -X unresponsive until xauth PPID killed
2010/3/29 Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>:
> On 27/03/2010 21:53, Mark McConnell wrote:
>>
>> (Please forgive the repost - this version has the attachments mentioned)
>>
>> After installing Cygwin 1.7.2 for the first time on Windows Server 2008
>> SP2,
>> I discovered that I could not connect to a remote host using Cygwin's ssh,
>> if X is forwarded.
>>
>> ssh -X host or ssh -Y host : ?program becomes unresponsive.
>>
>> I've attached the output of cygcheck -s -v -r to this message, and
>> /var/log/XWin.0.log. ?I should mention as an aside that there are other
>> clues that my Cygwin installation is flawed (a local gvim gui will not
>> display, man dumps core).
>
> Given that, I'm thinking that the problem you describe with the xauth
> subprocess is probably symptomatic of some deeper problem with you
> installation or environment.
>
> You should probably ask for help on the main cygwin list.
>
>
>> Below, I describe two experiments that indicate that my X forwarding
>> problem
>> is somehow related to xauth* and its PPID:
>>
>> ### 'ssh -X host gui' ?displays if the PPID of xauth* is killed ###
>> First, I open a new mintty window within the Cygwin environment and issue
>> the command to start gvim on the remote server, using the forwarded X
>> display. ?No gui is displayed. ?The cursor returns below the prompt. ?^d
>> or
>> ^c do not terminate the process ( however, I can suspend it from that
>> window
>> by typing ^z, and I can return it to the foreground with "fg<job>" ).
>
> --
> Jon TURNEY
> Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
Thank you, Jon. I'll give some thought to how to summarize the
various problems I'm experiencing and send that to the main list.
Mark
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