2008/5/6 Tom Horsley <tom.horsley@xxxxxxx>: > Is this an X bug, an ssh bug, or what? > > I often ssh with X11 forwarding into other systems, and > with depressing regularity I get X errors the first time > I run gtk apps like gedit, synaptic, etc: > > The program 'synaptic' received an X Window System error. > This probably reflects a bug in the program. > The error was 'BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)'. > (Details: serial 442 error_code 10 request_code 148 minor_code 5) > (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; > that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. > To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line > option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful > backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) > > If I immediately try to run the exact same app a second time, it > works perfectly. > > Anyone seen anything like this? Anyone know what is going on? > > My host system I am running ssh from is always a fedora 8 system > because that is what is on my desktops, so I can't say if it > happens with other kinds of hosts or not. > > Sometimes I don't get that error right away, but the app will come > up and things like icons will be missing, then I'll get a similar > error a little later (perhaps when trying to popup some dialog). > > Should I be trying ssh -Y instead of ssh -X (which my fingers type > from reflex)? I have to say I have no idea what the man page is > talking about with the difference between -X and -Y. > This looks like: http://openssh.com/faq.html#3.13 If that doesn't solve your issue, then file a bug. HTH, Jonathan. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
