Using OpenSSH v3.8p1 with ForwardX11Trusted = false (i.e. the remote client will be untrusted), give the command "xmag" (no arguments). It has an infinite loop saying "X error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter), Major opcode of failed request: 67 (X_PolyRectangle)". (And it gives the resource ID, failed serno, and current serno.) Most likely it is trying to draw its selection cursor. No blame for running afoul of the security system, but it should do it once and die, not get an infinite loop. Please forgive me if I've identified the wrong component to complain about, but a Google search suggested that xmag does exist as a subdir of xorg, and there were no other xmag bugs that I could find.
Assigning bug to myself.
Argh, bugzilla automatically jumps to the next bug whenever you submit a change. If you try to submit 2 changes to a bug which can not be done in one transaction (like I just did), you end up making the first change to the right report, and the second change to the random bug that bugzilla throws up at you after your first submit.
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Sending this to mharris since it looks like he wanted it and somehow bugzilla stole it back from him.
Not sure why this is assigned to me. I've no interest in xmag. Must be a mixup. However since I'm here.... with modern openssh, you must manually enable X11 forwarding by passing -Y, or reconfigure the server or client to forcibly enable full forwarding for remote X apps to work. By default apps will behave strangely because they were never written to deal with XSECURITY. While it can be argued that such apps are "broken" if they hang/crash/loop/whatever, it can also be argued that XSECURITY is broken. Anyhow, that's just my personal opinion as xmag non-maintainer. <singing> Will the real xmag maintainer please stand up? Please stand up? Please stand up? Will the real ... </singing> Ok, my singing career isn't that prosperous, back to my day job... ;o)
Jim, do you still have this issue with a current version of xorg?
Ping!
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