New versions of OpenSSH have a new "feature", where the -X option
enables some kind of crippled X11 mode, where all extensions are
disabled and the auth cookie times out after 30 seconds or so. This
leads to most applications failing completely, the ones that work can't
display popup menus, look like ass because there's no shape extension,
and can't use Xrender. x2x fails because there's no XTEST extension. And
your tunnel stops accepting new connections after 30 seconds.

You have to use -Y on these newer versions to get a real X11 tunnel.

What use a brain damaged X11 tunnel castrated to the point of
uselessness is, I don't know.

Why didn't they just use -Y for brain damaged X, instead of unexpectedly
breaking perfectly working setups and causing a working X to have to use
the -Y flag which doesn't even make sense.

Hey, lets just go all the way and use random Swahili words for command
line options! This is unix, f-ck usability!
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