Re: Maybe Off-Topic: remote Perl Gtk2 via ssh

[Richard Dawe <rich phekda gotadsl co uk>]

Hello.

Daniel Kasak wrote:
> I'm trying to use ssh's 'forward X11' feature to run a Perl Gtk2 app on 
> the server at work and display it here at home.
[snip]
> The program 'test.pl' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.
>  (Details: serial 61 error_code 3 request_code 38 minor_code 0)
[snip]
> Is there any reason why I shouldn't be able to forward Perl Gtk2 apps 
> via ssh? It seems a little strange that I can run some gtk2 apps but not 
> this one.

Are you running ssh on gentoo? If so, try using "ssh -Y" instead of "ssh 
-X". I think I got similar errors running Evolution over the network. 
The errors disappeared when I started using the -Y option. I have no 
idea why this works - the guy at work that recommended it to me didn't 
know either.

Bye, Rich =]

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