On Thursday 04 May 2006 09:06, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > 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
Thanks Vincent, I'll have a look at catching this. -- David Watson Lugmaster, Programmer, Bass Player http://planetwatson.co.uk/blog http://liverpool.lug.org.uk IM(jabber): [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pgpvm0qaT78nN.pgp
Description: PGP signature
