in reply to Re: Bad packet length 737686377 at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Net/SSH/Perl/Packet.pm line 175
in thread Bad packet length 737686377 at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Net/SSH/Perl/Packet.pm line 175

I'm actually getting a similar message right now. I've found some information that indicates this *might* be related to a "dirty" ssh connection, wherein some "junk" gets injected into the stdout or stderr, when the ssh connection should be silent.
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