On 26/05/2011 00:47, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > On 5/25/2011 11:01 AM, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> On 5/25/2011 12:43 PM, Andrew DeFaria said this: >>> I ssh from my Cygwin box to a Linux machine (happens with Solaris machines >>> too) and I can run X applications back to Cygwin/X without a problem. >>> However, after a few minutes something happens to the tunnel and I can no >>> longer put up any X windows: >> What arguments are you using to start the ssh session? > The only argument is -X. Like I said, I was able to put up X windows through > the ssh tunnel. Then, after some, it stops working - consistently.
I'd guess this is something to do with an untrusted xauth cookie with a 20 minute timeout being generated, although exactly how that can happen if you are using an X server without the SECURITY extension (as Cygwin/X servers have been built for the past couple of years), I don't quite understand. See 'ForwardX11Timeout' in 'man ssh_config' Use 'ssh -Y' -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
