New versions of OpenSSH have a new "feature", where the -X option enables some kind of crippled X11 mode, where all extensions are disabled and the auth cookie times out after 30 seconds or so. This leads to most applications failing completely, the ones that work can't display popup menus, look like ass because there's no shape extension, and can't use Xrender. x2x fails because there's no XTEST extension. And your tunnel stops accepting new connections after 30 seconds. You have to use -Y on these newer versions to get a real X11 tunnel. What use a brain damaged X11 tunnel castrated to the point of uselessness is, I don't know. Why didn't they just use -Y for brain damaged X, instead of unexpectedly breaking perfectly working setups and causing a working X to have to use the -Y flag which doesn't even make sense. Hey, lets just go all the way and use random Swahili words for command line options! This is unix, f-ck usability! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050506/2ae24b9a/attachment.pgp