* Can't talk to X server through ssh tunnel after ~ 18 minutes
@ 2011-05-25 17:43 Andrew DeFaria
2011-05-25 18:02 ` Tim Daneliuk
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andrew DeFaria @ 2011-05-25 17:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: cygwin-xfree
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:
$ cat checks.sh
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
date
xclock &
sleep 2
killall xclock
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
echo Cannot talk to X Server anymore
else
sleep 60
fi
done
$ checkx.sh
Tue May 24 09:48:43 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 10927 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:49:45 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 11393 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:50:47 PDT 2011
b./checkx.sh: line 12: 11592 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:51:49 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 11782 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:52:51 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 11977 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:53:53 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 12161 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:54:55 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 12345 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:55:57 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 12534 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:56:59 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 12723 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:58:01 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 12912 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 09:59:03 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 13142 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 10:00:05 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 13345 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 10:01:07 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 13578 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 10:02:09 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 13843 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 10:03:11 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 14074 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 10:04:13 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 14260 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 10:05:16 PDT 2011
./checkx.sh: line 12: 14455 Terminated xclock
Tue May 24 10:06:18 PDT 2011
X connection to localhost:15.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
xclock: no process killed
Cannot talk to X Server anymore
After this I cannot re-establish an X connection until I exit the ssh
session and ssh back in again. Any ideas?
(I'm gonna post this to both Cygwin and Cygwin-X as I'm not sure if this
is a problem with ssh or a problem with X).
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* Re: Can't talk to X server through ssh tunnel after ~ 18 minutes
2011-05-25 17:43 Can't talk to X server through ssh tunnel after ~ 18 minutes Andrew DeFaria
@ 2011-05-25 18:02 ` Tim Daneliuk
2011-05-25 23:47 ` Andrew DeFaria
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From: Tim Daneliuk @ 2011-05-25 18:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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?
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* Re: Can't talk to X server through ssh tunnel after ~ 18 minutes
2011-05-25 18:02 ` Tim Daneliuk
@ 2011-05-25 23:47 ` Andrew DeFaria
2011-05-26 15:38 ` Jon TURNEY
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From: Andrew DeFaria @ 2011-05-25 23:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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.
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* Re: Can't talk to X server through ssh tunnel after ~ 18 minutes
2011-05-25 23:47 ` Andrew DeFaria
@ 2011-05-26 15:38 ` Jon TURNEY
2011-05-27 5:10 ` Andrew DeFaria
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From: Jon TURNEY @ 2011-05-26 15:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: Andrew.DeFaria
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'
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* Re: Can't talk to X server through ssh tunnel after ~ 18 minutes
2011-05-26 15:38 ` Jon TURNEY
@ 2011-05-27 5:10 ` Andrew DeFaria
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From: Andrew DeFaria @ 2011-05-27 5:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 05/26/11 08:39, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> 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'
Ah yes. That seems to have done it. Thanks. Interestingly Cygwin has
this ForwardX11Timeout in man ssh_config but the Linux system doesn't!
Now I need to characterize my problem with the samba serviced shared
home directory that keeps me from sharing my ~/.ssh/config...
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