X-Forwarding freezes keyboard on ThinClient Vortex86

[Jordi Sanfeliu]

Darren Tucker wrote:
> 
> That sounds like a hardware (or low-level OS problem).
> 

Maybe, but the linux kernel 2.4.24, XFree86 4.3.99 (4.4.0RC1) and all the other 
utilities does not report any problem.

> 
> Perhaps the extra load caused by the crypto pushes borderline hardware 
> over the edge, or possibly uncovers some kind of race in the OS?
> 
> Try running something to suck up all the CPU and see if your problems 
> happen without ssh (I suggest "openssl aes-128-cbc -in /dev/zero -out 
> /dev/null" with a bogus password).
> 

Tried. I have downloaded from openssl.org its last version (0.9.7d) and 
compiled. Then it has been executed _during 3 hours_ on such hardware (Thin 
Client with Vortex86), using your suggestion reproduced above.

Result. All works fine. After 3 hours I have pressed CTRL-C in order to stop the 
execution and the keyboard responds well as expected. No hardware freeze or 
keyboard hang.

We will need to search the source of problem in other direction.


I will try to disable the Compression during the X-Forwarding process ...

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Jordi Sanfeliu
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