changeset 3406:e20f099668a6

[xemacs-hg @ 2006-05-17 06:18:45 by malcolmp] PROBLEMS: Add entry concerning X errors when using ssh.
author malcolmp
date Wed, 17 May 2006 06:18:45 +0000
parents 594aedcb4e19
children c1e6e05ef991
files ChangeLog PROBLEMS
diffstat 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog	Tue May 16 21:51:15 2006 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Wed May 17 06:18:45 2006 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-05-17  Malcolm Purvis  <malcolmp@xemacs.org>
+
+	* PROBLEMS: Add entry concerning X errors when using ssh.
+
 2006-05-17  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>
 
 	* PROBLEMS: X11R7 loses x11/bitmaps/gray.
--- a/PROBLEMS	Tue May 16 21:51:15 2006 +0000
+++ b/PROBLEMS	Wed May 17 06:18:45 2006 +0000
@@ -1015,6 +1015,12 @@
 too old.  There is a copy of the MIT X11R6 XKeysymDB file in the emacs `etc'
 directory.  Try using that one.
 
+*** Lots of warnings generated when displaying via ssh X forwarding.
+
+If you are seeing a significant number of X11 warnings (in particular
+BadWindow errors) when using XEmacs via ssh X forwarding try using a
+trusted x11 connection instead (for openssh, use -Y instead of -X).
+
 *** My X resources used to work, and now some of them are being ignored.
 
 Check the resources in .../etc/Emacs.ad (which is the same as the file