Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:13:58 +1000 From: freebsd-stable@auscert.org.au To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X applications crashing under 5.3BETA7 and X.org Message-ID: <200410190313.i9J3DwiP022783@app.auscert.org.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Sascha Holzleiter <sascha@daemonground.de> <1098148119.5119.6.camel@dreamland.chief.home>
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> 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. > > > -- > Sascha > Thanks, Sascha. Works perfectly now. I'd never even heard of trusted X11 forwarding before... -- Joel Hatton -- Security Analyst | Hotline: +61 7 3365 4417 AusCERT - Australia's national CERT | Fax: +61 7 3365 7031 The University of Queensland | WWW: www.auscert.org.au Qld 4072 Australia | Email: auscert@auscert.org.au
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