[OS X] Re: X protocol error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) on protocol request 38

[Andy Jacobson]

Hi Li Liu,

  I'm sorry if I wasn't clear in my instructions at
http://tazman.princeton.edu/pipermail/osx/2006/000034.html.  The answer is
to use the "-Y" switch when sshing into a machine (e.g.e ssh -Y
foo.columbia.edu)

Best Regards,

Andy Jacobson

On 6/27/06, ll360 at columbia.edu <ll360 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello, Andy,
>
> I sincerely hope it is not too intrusive to send you this email. I
> found you on the Internet via Google search when the problem "X
> protocal error: BadWindow (invalid Window Parameter) on protocol
> request 38" occurred to me. You posted similiar message online
> earlier this year.
>
> First of all, let me briefly introduce myself. My name is Li Liu. I
> am a post-doctoral research scientist at Columbia University in
> NYC. I actually work at NASA GISS. From this week on, I have
> opportunity to work at home. After breaking through the firewall, I
> use cygwin to ssh -X to my Mac (OS X)at GISS. I met the same problem
> as you did: when I clicked on the window (like emacs and xterm), or
> dragged it, it would vanish, and the error message "X  protocol
> error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) on protocol request 38"
> would get printed in the terminal window. From the message you
> posted, I knew you had solved this problem.
>
> Have you created a config file under the ~/.ssh/ directory? If so,
> how does it look like? There is nothing in my .ssh directory except
> a file named known_hosts. If possible could you please send me a
> sample ~/.ssh/config file to me for reference? I am sorry to bother
> you. I sent an email to our system administrator, but have got no
> response. Without solving this problem, I cannot get my work done
> smoothly.
>
> Thank you very much in advance for your help. I would deeply
> appreciate that.
>
> Sincerely,
> Li Liu
>
>
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Andy Jacobson
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