That's hmm. interesting :) Have you tried running ssh with the verbose flag (-v) on? That way you can see which version of ssh and ssh protocol the local and remote end are using.
Here's an excerpt from the ssh faq: 5.21 Ssh suddenly drops connections! This is a problem which has been reported by several people for SunOS 4, Solaris 2, Linux, and HP-UX 9 and 10, with 1.2.16 and 1.2.17. It happens with scp, when transferring large amounts of data via ssh's stdin, or when forwarding an X connection which receives a large amount of graphics data (such as a MPEG movie). [rest of the answer including the patch cut] The current released version is 1.2.20, the location of faq is http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ig25/ssh-faq/ Gergely Madarasz wrote: > > Unfortunatelly I had trouble with ssh... the X connections are > forwarded through the ssh channel, encrypted... and sometimes > they get broken. > For example I was unable to run an xv through an ssh connection, > xv exited with "server kill" or something like that > immediatelly :( > > Greg > // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .