XPipe fails to start on Windows 10 LTSC due to PKCS#11 #722
Description
Description:
When trying to launch XPipe on Windows 10 LTSC, the following error appears:
Details:
OS: Windows 10 LTSC
XPipe version: 19.1/2025-11-19-15-20
SSH binary used:
Windows built-in OpenSSH
PKCS#11 token/smartcard is not used, but the program attempts to apply the pkcs11provider option.
Expected behavior:
XPipe should start without attempting to use PKCS#11 if it is not configured.
Steps to reproduce:
- Install XPipe on Windows 10 LTSC.
- Try to connect to any SSH server.
- The error above appears, and the process exits.
18:29:35:269 - info: Starting sub shell ... {
manageParent=true
command=$env:DISPLAY='localhost:0.0';$env:SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE='force';$env:SSH_ASKPASS='C:\Users\...\xpipe.exe';$env:ASKPASS_PREFIX='[ssh]';$env:ASKPASS_REQUEST='ad1d8c36-8ebe-49da-a1f9-675a625f3e67';$env:ASKPASS_REF='e875b1ee-fe12-4e0d-a136-521a77f3272b';$env:BEACON_PORT='21721';ssh -oNumberOfPasswordPrompts=3 -o ControlMaster="no" -o StrictHostKeyChecking="no" -o NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost="yes" -o IdentitiesOnly="yes" -o IdentityAgent="none" -o IdentityFile="none" -o PKCS11Provider="none" -oIgnoreUnknown="RemoteCommand,WarnWeakCrypto" -oRemoteCommand=none -oWarnWeakCrypto=no -oServerAliveInterval=15 -oServerAliveCountMax=2 -T -oProxyJump=none -p 22 "[email protected]"
elevated=false
}
18:29:38:457 - error:
io.xpipe.app.process.ProcessOutputException: Shell opener command was unsuccessful
Process did not start up properly and had to be killed
command-line line 0: Unsupported option "pkcs11provider"
CreateProcessW failed error:2
posix_spawn: No such file or directory
at io.xpipe.app.process.ProcessOutputException.withPrefix(ProcessOutputException.java:48)
at io.xpipe.ext.proc.util.d.dN(SourceFile:280)
at io.xpipe.ext.proc.m.p(SourceFile:1893)
at io.xpipe.ext.proc.ssh.v.p(SourceFile:294)
at io.xpipe.ext.proc.m.K(SourceFile:781)
at io.xpipe.ext.proc.m.start(SourceFile:173)
at io.xpipe.app.ext.ShellSession.start(ShellSession.java:61)
at io.xpipe.app.ext.SingletonSessionStore.startSessionIfNeeded(SingletonSessionStore.java:54)
at io.xpipe.app.ext.ShellStore.getOrStartSession(ShellStore.java:25)
at io.xpipe.ext.proc.m.prepareIntermediateTerminalOpen(SourceFile:1620)
at io.xpipe.ext.proc.ssh.v.prepareIntermediateTerminalOpen(SourceFile:141)
at io.xpipe.ext.proc.j.prepareTerminalOpen(SourceFile:285)
at io.xpipe.app.terminal.TerminalLaunchRequest.setupRequest(TerminalLaunchRequest.java:101)
at io.xpipe.app.terminal.TerminalLaunchRequest.lambda$setupRequestAsync$0(TerminalLaunchRequest.java:68)
at io.xpipe.app.util.ThreadHelper.lambda$wrap$0(ThreadHelper.java:22)
at java.lang.VirtualThread.run(VirtualThread.java:456)
Caused by: io.xpipe.app.process.ProcessOutputException: Process did not start up properly and had to be killed
command-line line 0: Unsupported option "pkcs11provider"
CreateProcessW failed error:2
posix_spawn: No such file or directory
at io.xpipe.app.process.ProcessOutputException.of(ProcessOutputException.java:88)
at io.xpipe.app.process.ProcessOutputException.of(ProcessOutputException.java:57)
at io.xpipe.ext.proc.util.d.dN(SourceFile:282)
... 14 more
Is it possible to change the default value of $CMD and remove the use of PKCS11Provider="none" from it, or otherwise disable its usage? Or install and configure PKCS11Provider on windows 10.
I searched for methods on Google, but couldn't find any. Thanks in advance.