[ale] remote x apps crash X11

[Tim Watts]

Is the hardware the same on those other systems? Also, maybe I
misunderstood, but are you targeting a mac from the other systems too?


On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 12:22 -0400, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> 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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