Bug#237227: A keyboard modifier does not work when ssh does X11 forwarding
Peder Chr. Nørgaard wrote:
> > This could be a side effect of the X forwarding change in 3.8. Can you
> > invoke the client with the -Y option and check if the problem persits?
> >
>
> The problem disappears when I invoke the client with -Y.
Fine, the next OpenSSH update will restore the old behavior.
> Not that I can appreciate the significance of that observation - but
> it sounds as if you have a rather good idea about what the problem is
> about.
By default, OpenSSH 3.8 uses the X Security extension to export only a
subset of the X11 API to remote clients which is deemed safe even for
non-trusted clients. Unfortunately, too many clients don't work with
the API subset because hardly anybody has used it before.
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