ssh X11 port fwd-ing breakage in FC3?

[Damian Menscher]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> After upgrading from FC2 to FC3, ssh X11 port forwarding appears to
> misbehave.  I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced similar problems:
>
> • Some X11 apps just begin barfing up volumes of crap like "Gdk-ERROR **:
> BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)/serial 4360 error_code 3 request_code
> 38 minor_code 0/Gdk-ERROR **: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource
> denied)/serial 4361 error_code 10 request_code 102 minor_code 0" at the
> console, and immediately crash.  Emacs starts up, but crashes as soon as I
> press left mouse button and begin dragging, to highlight a text block. ddd
> shows its splash screen, opens the main window, and immediately throws up a
> dialog: "DDD: Oops, X Error: invalid Window parameter" at which point the
> only thing I can do is kill it.

man 5 ssh_config and read the section on ForwardX11Trusted.  I suspect 
that's what's causing your problems, though I could be wrong.

Damian Menscher
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