> > Both dmesgs below; the target machine (ASUS) is the latest amd64 snapshot, > > the Thinkpad is a Tuesday Feb 10 amd64 snapshot. Is it crazy to think > > that this particular combination of client and server is somehow broken? > > I thought I would just report this before I upgrade the Thinkpad too. > > > This is known, there has been a window where the ssh client was > broken. Upgrade your ssh client to -current or use -oUpdateHostkeys=no > as a workaround.
Yes, upgrading the client to current/amd64 as well solved it. Thanks. Jan