Re: Bug#237021: X11-forwarding not working
fw@deneb.enyo.de said:
> *ouch*
>
> Could you add a NEWS item about this issue? Plenty of clients don't
> work in untrusted mode, and it's got all kinds of strange side effects
> (e.g. no access to the X selection).
>
> It's certainly a far-reaching change.
That explains why vmware suddenly started complaining about unavailable
extensions when run in a forwarded X session. I agree, this needs to be
better documented. And possibly reverted -- what does it buy? I never
any X forwarding problems before. Is untrusted mode more secure?
Jason
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