BadAtom/BadWindow errors with ssh X11 forwarding
Although I'm not sure if the "problem" resides in the version of
XFree86 or the OpenSSH client or server version, I sometimes receive
the following errors when using standard (ssh -X) X11 forwarding with
OpenSSH:
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: 0x1b3
Serial number of failed
request: 944
Current serial number in
output stream: 946
warning, error event received:
X Error of failed request:
BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed
request: 25 (X_SendEvent)
Resource id in failed
request: 0x16000d5
Serial number of failed
request: 2055
Current serial number in
output stream: 2056
Using "trusted" X11 forwarding (ssh -Y) appears to fix the problem. The
ForwardX11Trusted=yes directive
may be specified in ~/.ssh/config
as an alternative to specifying the -Y
flag on the command line.
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