[ale] remote x apps crash X11

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Wed Sep 29 12:22:53 EDT 2010


On 09/29/2010 12:02 PM, Sergio Chaves wrote:
> Apparently there is a bug with a remote X session running over SSH.
> Quick Google search "ssh -x crash local session" provided +-6K results for
> infinite amount of distributions.

Hmm, well quite interesting as I do this on Red Hat, Mandriva, SuSE on 
various machines, but only have that problem on Fedora 12.

I'll check the links.

>
> Interesting links to look at:
> http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging
> and
> http://linux.die.net/man/5/sshd_config  (sshd man page (5) ).
> Looking at the TCPKeepAlive config option, it reads: "Specifies whether the
> system should send TCP keepalive messages to the other side. If they are sent,
> death of the connection or crash of one of the machines will be properly
> noticed. However, this means that connections will die if the route is down
> temporarily, and some people find it annoying. On the other hand, if TCP
> keepalives are not sent, sessions may hang indefinitely on the server, leaving
> ''ghost'' users and consuming server resources."
>
> Hope that helps :o)
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 29, 2010 08:54:06 am Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>> So, I've got Fedora 12 installed on a laptop.  If I run an remote X
>> application as in:
>>
>> ssh -X mac thunderbird
>>
>> It crashes my X11 session on the laptop.  Not immediately, but
>> eventually.  Anyone have a clue why this might be happening?
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