it seems that some X11 prgs generate ``BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)'' in 
X_GetProperty when using X11 forwarding:
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nwaibel@blade100-2 ~ $ ssh -X blade100-2
Enter passphrase for key '/home/nwaibel/.ssh/id_dsa': 
Last login: Thu Apr 22 14:37:23 2004 from blade100-2.newl
Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.8       Generic Patch   October 2001
  2:37pm  up 203 days 22:18,  44 users,  load average: 0.61, 0.30, 0.22
nwaibel@blade100-2 ~ $ xterm
Warning: translation table syntax error: Missing ':'after event sequence.
Warning: ... found while parsing ''
Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors
nwaibel@blade100-2 ~ $ xclock
nwaibel@blade100-2 ~ $ nedit
X Error of failed request:  BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  20 (X_GetProperty)
  Atom id in failed request:  0x8c
  Serial number of failed request:  29
  Current serial number in output stream:  29
nwaibel@blade100-2 ~ $ exit
logout
Connection to blade100-2 closed.
nwaibel@blade100-2 ~ $ nedit
nwaibel@blade100-2 ~ $ ssh -X blade100-3
Enter passphrase for key '/home/nwaibel/.ssh/id_dsa': 
Last login: Thu Apr 22 13:17:22 2004 from blade100-2.newl
Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.8       Generic Patch   October 2001
  2:41pm  up 115 days 22:04,  37 users,  load average: 0.21, 0.16, 0.12
nwaibel@blade100-3 ~ $ nedit
X Error of failed request:  BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  20 (X_GetProperty)
  Atom id in failed request:  0x8c
  Serial number of failed request:  29
  Current serial number in output stream:  29
nwaibel@blade100-3 ~ $ exit
logout
Connection to blade100-3 closed.
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logged in to the machine itself (openssh-3.8.1p1 client/server).
started xterm -- almost fine -- anyway, strange message
started xclock -- fine
started nedit -- ERROR: BadAtom
logged out
started nedit locally -- no problem.
logged it to another machine running openssh-3.7.1p2
started nedit -- ERROR: BadAtom

if you login from blade100-3 (openssh-3.7.1p2 client) to blade100-2 (openssh-3.
8.1p1 server) then nedit starts fine!

i've heard that in 3.8p1 the same thing happens.

i try to attach a ``ssh -Xvvv'' to this report...