2010/3/29 Jon TURNEY <[email protected]>: > On 27/03/2010 21:53, Mark McConnell wrote: >> >> (Please forgive the repost - this version has the attachments mentioned) >> >> After installing Cygwin 1.7.2 for the first time on Windows Server 2008 >> SP2, >> I discovered that I could not connect to a remote host using Cygwin's ssh, >> if X is forwarded. >> >> ssh -X host or ssh -Y host : program becomes unresponsive. >> >> I've attached the output of cygcheck -s -v -r to this message, and >> /var/log/XWin.0.log. I should mention as an aside that there are other >> clues that my Cygwin installation is flawed (a local gvim gui will not >> display, man dumps core). > > Given that, I'm thinking that the problem you describe with the xauth > subprocess is probably symptomatic of some deeper problem with you > installation or environment. > > You should probably ask for help on the main cygwin list. > > >> Below, I describe two experiments that indicate that my X forwarding >> problem >> is somehow related to xauth* and its PPID: >> >> ### 'ssh -X host gui' displays if the PPID of xauth* is killed ### >> First, I open a new mintty window within the Cygwin environment and issue >> the command to start gvim on the remote server, using the forwarded X >> display. No gui is displayed. The cursor returns below the prompt. ^d >> or >> ^c do not terminate the process ( however, I can suspend it from that >> window >> by typing ^z, and I can return it to the foreground with "fg<job>" ). > > -- > Jon TURNEY > Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
Thank you, Jon. I'll give some thought to how to summarize the various problems I'm experiencing and send that to the main list. Mark -- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
