Problem with X forwarding by openssh-3.8p1

[Harold L Hunt II]

See A1:

http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-ssh-no-x11forwarding

kwong@control.toronto.edu wrote:
> I have installed the lastest X11 binaries, including xorg-x11-xwin 6.7.0.0-3,
> together with openssh-3.8p1. The rest of my cygwin installation is also
> up-to-date, including cygwin1.dll version 1.5.9-1. I use startxwin.bat to start
> XWin using -multiwindow -clipboard. I login to a remote Linux server using ssh
> -X and start a Matlab session. The Matlab flash screen comes up, but when the
> flash screen disappears, there is only a menu bar located at the top left
> corner of the screen. If I choose maximize, the Matlab command window comes up
> but I am not able to type in any commands. If I downgrade to 
> openssh-3.7.1p2-2, the problem disappears. The sshd_config file is identical in
> both cases.
> 
> There are other problems with X forwarding under openssh-3.8p1, but since I am
> now using openssh-3.7.1p2-2, I cannot reproduce the error messages. I don't
> know
> whether this is considered an openssh-3.8p1 problem or a X server problem, but
> there appears to be some incompatibility issue here.
> 
> Raymond Kwong