hanging on logout, can't background client

[Phil Edwards]

I've just recently switched from old ssh to OpenSSH 2.  So far no major
problems, until now.  I'm logging in from Linux to Solaris 8.  Both are
running 2.9.9p2.

Under ssh-1.2.28 I would fire off several xterms, exit, and properly get the
"waiting for forwarded X11 connection" message, and then be able to type ~&
(as documented) to get back to the shell.  The channel was kept open for
the xterms, of course, and when the last xterm closed, a message like "hey,
connected to remote machine finally closed now that you've found that stray
xterm, ya chowderhead" would be printed on the terminal I used to connect.

Now, I do all of that, logout, and the client hangs.  NONE of the escape
sequences work, not even ~. !  Can't background it, can't suspend it.
That bothers me.


Do I need to "sacrifice" a terminal to do my ssh'ing, one per remote
machine?  Start the xterms, exit, then just minimize it as a wasted window?
That'd be a severe PITA.  Is there a configuration option on either side
that I'm missing?

(What's really annoying is when a forwarded X app crashes, and ssh /thinks/
it's still running.  Then the terminal is permanently hung, since the
connection never closes.)


Any tips?  Am I forgetting to tweak something?

Phil

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