On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 02:02:10PM +0100, Jukka Salmi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> after connecting to a remote system using ssh -X, starting e.g.
> xclock(1) works fine, but starting nedit(1) (pkgsrc/editors/nedit)
> fails:
> 
> $ nedit
> X Error of failed request:  BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  20 (X_GetProperty)
>   Atom id in failed request:  0x62
>   Serial number of failed request:  20
>   Current serial number in output stream:  20
> 
> Both systems run NetBSD current. Any hints?
> 

Try ForwardX11Trusted=yes in your config or adding -Y to the ssh cmd
line (see man ssh_config /ForwardX11Trusted and its implications)

hth,

-Martin