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 is fine. So I really don’t care if some process died. How do I get Vista to shut up about it?
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 Read our privacy statement: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=50163&clcid=0x0409 I notice the problem occurs when I use the -Y option to enable X11 forwarding in an X terminal under Vista.
The dialog box that pops up doesn’t automatically gain focus, so pressing Enter serves no purpose. I have to wait for the box to appear, grab it with the mouse, and dismiss it. Even forcing the error to receive focus would be a step in the right direction.
Per DrPizza I have sent an email to the Cygwin mailing list. The trimmed down subject line represents my repeated attempts to bypass an over-aggressive spam filter and highlights the need for something like StackOverflow.
Well, I don’t know what the original problem was, but when I update Cygwin recently the error message stopped popping up.
My guess it that rebasing was necessary.