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ssh -X from cygwin to linux: much reduced availability of X extensions [message #3078]

Thu, 20 April 2006 12:25

Walter F.J. Müller
Messages: 229
Registered: December 2003
Location: GSI, CBM

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From: lxg1408.gsi.de

I use cygwin on a notebook under Windows XP. When I execute xdpyinfo localy in an xterm on the notebook, I see the usual list of supported extensions (see attached file xdpyinfo-local.txt), especially extensions like SHAPE.

When I do a 'ssh -X' to a linux system (here lxg1408) and check again with xdypinfo, I get very much reduced list of supported extensions (see attached file xdpyinfo-remote.txt), only BIG-REQUESTS, LBX, and XC-MISC are reported.

As a consquence, some applications I start in this context complain about missing support of extensions like SHAPE.

When I 'ssh -X' from one Sarge system to another, I see no change in the reported extensions support in xdpyinfo.

Any hint on what is causing this is very welcome.

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