ssh annoyance

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Jon Ericson wrote:
> 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.

Nothing in 'ssh' or Cygwin uses comctl32.  My WAG would be AV/anti-spyware
software is causing this.

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