XTerm & OpenSSH question w/ freezing.

[Phil Sackinger]

Just making sure, here, but have you tried firing off your remote X
clients using either the "-n" or "-f" switch?

I vaguely recall sometime ago getting hung terminal sessions that were
cured by using those switches.

Your problem may not be so simply solved, but it's always good to check
the  obvious simple solution first, just in case.

On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 08:35, war wrote:
> Ok, next time I can reproduce this problem I will try csh/ksh other shells
> and see, thanks for the insight.
> 
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Thomas E. Dickey wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, war wrote:
> >
> > > Any version, currently using the latest stable, xterm-179.
> >
> > There was a Debian bug report last week in this area, but it turned out to
> > be a bug in bash (I don't know more than that).
> >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Thomas E. Dickey wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, war wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Sometimes when I use openssh (latest) and do find . or ls -lR /dev or
> > > > > similiar, my xterm 'freezes up', there is no way to fix it but to kill the
> > > > > xterm usually.
> > > >
> > > > what version of xterm?
> > > > The only issue that comes to mind is the fix for blinking cursor a few
> > > > months ago.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This NEVER occurs in telnet.
> > > > > The error is completely reproducable when you come across it.
> > > > > ie: one may just be browsing the filesystem and when you come across this
> > > > > problem, you can launch another xterm and the EXACT same thing happens
> > > > > when you try to do it again
> > > > >
> > > > > Bug reports on similiar issues seem to be sparse and people I know never
> > > > > seem to have the problem, perhaps they use ssh from a windows machine.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was wondering what causes this, and is there a way to fix it?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > T.E.Dickey <dickey at herndon4.his.com>
> > > > http://invisible-island.net
> > > > ftp://invisible-island.net
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > T.E.Dickey <dickey at herndon4.his.com>
> > http://invisible-island.net
> > ftp://invisible-island.net
> >
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