Brett Mahar <br...@coiloptic.org> wrote:
> Hi to all in OpenBSD-land!
> 
> I recently updated my amd-64-current machine to the Sept 7th snapshot 
> (previous snapshot was July 17th).
> 
> Prior to update both firefox and iridium browsers were able to be run using 
> 'ssh -Y' as another user on the same machine. Now they do not run - firefox 
> never finishes launching and iridium has a popup windown that says 'page 
> unresponsive'.
> 
> I looked in the man page, mailing list archives and FAQ for following current 
> but could not see any config options that might allow this script to work 
> again.
> 
> My script:
> 
> #!/bin/ksh
> 
> ssh -Y -i /home/brett/.ssh/web_id _web@127.0.0.1 \
>         '/usr/local/bin/firefox https://www.coil.com' \
>         2>&1 >/dev/null &
> 
> I know `ssh -X` is more secure, I use this when I can but use the `ssh -Y` 
> version when I need ability to copy and paste.
> 
> Is there some config I can change so this will work again?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brett.

I think you are supposed to use ssh -XY when using a remote X11 app.

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