Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce:
1. Open a terminal 2. Write: ssh u...@myhost.com where myhost.com is some host where you have ssh access and user is the user name 3. Enter the password when prompted 4. Wait for several minutes or hours without doing anything 5. try to type something Expected: either the connection is still alive, in which case you should be able to type, see what you type, and do things while logged on the remote machine, OR the connection has been closed due to inactivity, in which case ssh should show a message and gracefully quit. Observed: ssh hangs; No message is shown; the remote machine's "prompt" is still shown and the cursor still blinks, but you are unable to type anything. You can't even quit ssh (typing "exit" has no effect) and return to normal local terminal operation. The only way out is to close the terminal (or open another one and kill the ssh process) I guess this happens when the connection with the server is lost, probably closed by the server due to inactivity; however the client should detect this and gracefully exit. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: ssh (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-31.61-generic 2.6.32.32+drm33.14 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-31-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 31 18:04:56 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openssh ** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/790774 Title: ssh hangs after inactivity (maybe when connection is lost) -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs