Hi All,

>> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Alex Finch wrote:
>> 2) secure shell to a remote machine with x forwarding enabled:
>>
>>   emacs - click in the window to edit, sooner or later it crashes  
>> saying:
>> =======
>>      X protocol error: BadWindow ( invalid window parameter ) on  
>> protocol request 38

We saw similar problems that were solved by using trusted X11  
forwarding.  Try using "ssh -Y" instead of "ssh -X," or add  
"ForwardX11Trusted yes" to your ~/.ssh/config.

I hope this helps,
Devin

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Devin Bougie
Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics
Computer Group
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