When I log into a remote machine using ssh X11 forwarding, Vista pops
up a box complaining about a process that died unexpectedly. Once I
dismiss the box, everything works as expected.
* * *
Specifically, the message reads:
sh.exe has stopped working
So it's not ssh itself that died, but some sub-process.
The problem details textbox reads:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: sh.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 48a031a1
Fault Module Name: comctl32.dll_unloaded
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bcb0
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 73dc5b17
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fc4d
Additional Information 2: d203a7335117760e7b4d2cf9dc2925f9
Additional Information 3: 1bc1
Additional Information 4: 7bc0b00964c4a1bd48f87b2415df3372
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I notice the problem occurs when I use the **-Y** option to enable X11
forwarding in an X terminal under Vista.
I see a similar but not identical problem was reported earlier:
<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2008-03/msg00398.html>. I'm also
aware that Vista is not supported and that the problem has an easy
work around. But I wonder if there is a deeper issue with OpenSSH,
X11, cygwin, sh.exe, or something else that could be resolved.