Thierry Volpiatto writes: > Update2: > More exactly the error occur when setting 'string': > > diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el > index 4a3072ee346..8885bd55846 100644 > --- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el > +++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el > @@ -3748,7 +3748,8 @@ Supported arguments for GIO_USE_FILE_MONITOR environment variable: > (intern > (format "G%sFileMonitor" (capitalize (match-string 1 string))))) > (t (throw 'doesnt-work nil)))) > - (setq string (substring string (match-end 0)))) > + ;(setq string (substring string (match-end 0))) > + ) > > ;; Delete empty lines. > (setq string (tramp-compat-string-replace "\n\n" "\n" string) > > With this commented line events occur as expected. So the problem is the match-end call. Here's a patch which might fix this. In case it doesn't work, pls give me ssh access to your machine. I would send you my public ssh key for access. Best regards, Michael.