retitle 339001 geximon: bad error message with remote display and untrusted X11 forwarding severity 339001 wishlist thanks
On 2006-05-03 15:11:55 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2006-04-22 23:55:07 +0100, David Watson wrote: > > I have been unable to replicate this bug, although a new version of the > > package is due to be released soon, and I would be grateful if you could > > check if the new version suffers from the same bug. > > I can't reproduce it either (geximon started on the same machine, > but I don't remember which machine had the X server, so I'll try > tonight with my Mac OS X machine, with and without trusted X11 > forwarding). OK, the error occurs only with untrusted X11 forwarding. This is not a bug, but the error message is bad, as it doesn't explain anything, so that the user doesn't know how to solve the problem. Worse, he may think that there is a bug in geximon. Indeed the error is currently: The program 'geximon' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'. [...] The second sentence should probably be replaced by something like: If the program is started remotely by SSH, then this could mean that you are using untrusted X11 forwarding. You need to use "ssh -Y" or add "ForwardX11Trusted yes" to your ssh_config. Otherwise this probably reflects a bug in the program. References: http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#3.13 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302349 -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
