sub _startMonitorThread {
    $self = shift;
    $self->{LogQ} = Thread::Queue->new;
    my $id       = "LogMonitor";
    my $thrd = new threads \&_LogMonitor, $id;
    if ( !$thrd ) {
        $self->{errormsg} = "$thisFunc:Cannot start $id thread";
        $self->TestLogError();
        return -1;
    }
    $self->{thrds}->{logmon} = $thrd;
    $self->{logqueue} = 1;
    return 0;
}

##</code><code>##

sub getsshrsa {
    my $thisFunc  = ( caller(0) )[3];
	my $opts = shift;
	my $ip = $opts->{ip};
	$opts->{timeout} = 5 if (!$opts->{timeout});

	my $ssh = Net::SSH::Expect->new (
		host => $ip,
		user => $opts->{user},
		password => $opts->{password},
        ssh_option => "-T",
		raw_pty => 1
	);
	my $error = undef;
	$ssh->run_ssh() or $error = "SSH process couldn't start: $!";
	return $error if ($error);
    $ssh->send(" ");
    sleep 2;
    my $output = $ssh->read_all(5);  # <-- fails here
    return $ssh;
}

##</code><code>##

Killed by signal 1.
SSHConnectionAborted at MGComm.pm line 87
 at /opt/ActivePerl-5.14/site/lib/Net/SSH/Expect.pm line 585
        Net::SSH::Expect::_sec_expect('Net::SSH::Expect=HASH(0x34f9890)', 5, '-re', 'Regexp=REGEXP(0x351a2c0)') called at /opt/ActivePerl-5.14/site/lib/Net/SSH/Expect.pm line 419
        Net::SSH::Expect::read_all('Net::SSH::Expect=HASH(0x34f9890)', 5) called at MGComm.pm line 87
        MGComm::getsshrsa('HASH(0x35235e0)') called at MGcld.pm line 87