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RE: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.
- From: "Andrew Braverman" <abraverman at recurrentsoft dot com>
- To: <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:04:05 -0500
- Subject: RE: XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-47 copy/paste trouble and BadAtom.
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
That solved my problem as well. Thanks.
-Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:01 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Cc: Keith Thompson
> Subject: 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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