Bug#237227: A keyboard modifier does not work when ssh does X11 forwarding
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
> Peder Chr. Nørgaard wrote:
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> > > 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.
>
I can confirm that the bug has disappeared with the 3.8p1-2 version.
best regards
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Peder Chr. Nørgaard Senior System Developer, M. Sc.
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