[OpenIndiana-discuss] ssh -X mate-terminal error

[Peter Tribble]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 6:52 PM Stephan Althaus <
Stephan.Althaus at duedinghausen.eu> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> This does not work anymore:
>
> ssh <hostname> -X mate-terminal
>

I've often found it necessary to use -Y instead of -X, and that's probably
necessary in this case.


> .. from an OI box to another OI box.
>
> It works between a Linux vm (ubuntu impish) and the OI boxes in both
> directions.
>
> Error Message is:
>
> $ ssh 192.168.2.52 -X mate-terminal
>
> (mate-terminal:4778): Gdk-ERROR **: 19:47:32.619: The program
> 'mate-terminal' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length
> erro'.
>    (Details: serial 178 error_code 16 request_code 72 (core protocol)
> minor_code 0)
>    (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
>     that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
>     To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
>     variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
>     backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error()
> function.)
>
> It does not work on localhost either.
>
> I did not manage to place the variable GDK_SYNCHRONIZE=1 at the right
> place it seems :-/
>
> Any hints ?
>
> Stephan
>
>
>
>
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