The problem seems to be with having two different versions of with-editor installed. Removed the older one and emacsclient behavior is now normal. Thanks for the pointers, Best regards, Gabor Gábor ezt írta (időpont: 2020. okt. 13., K, 9:36): > I get this error when I only have the following in my .emacs: > > (setq debug-on-signal t) > (setq debug-on-error t) > (server-start) > > Gábor ezt írta (időpont: 2020. okt. 13., K, 9:30): > >> I moved it to the top of my config, then I get the following error on >> startup: >> >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable server-use-tcp) >> default-toplevel-value(server-use-tcp) >> custom-initialize-reset(server-use-tcp (funcall #'#f(compiled-function >> () #))) >> custom-declare-variable(server-use-tcp (funcall #'#f(compiled-function >> () #)) "If non-nil, use TCP sockets instead of >> local socke..." :set #f(compiled-function (sym val) #> 0xecd269cdbfc6f97>) :type boolean :version "22.1") >> >> byte-code("\300\301\302\303\304\305%\210\306\307\310\311\312DD\313\314\315\316\317\320\321&\11\210\306\322\310\311\323DD\324\316\325\320\321&\7\210\326\322\327\330#\210\306\331\310\311..." >> [custom-declare-group server nil "Emacs running as a server process." >> :group external custom-declare-variable server-use-tcp funcall function >> #f(compiled-function () #) "If non-nil, use TCP >> sockets instead of local socke..." :set #f(compiled-function (sym val) >> #) :type boolean :version "22.1" server-host >> #f(compiled-function () #) "The name or IP address >> to use as host address of t..." (choice (string :tag "Name or IP address") >> (const :tag "Local" nil)) put risky-local-variable t server-port >> #f(compiled-function () #) "The port number that >> the server process should lis..." (choice (string :tag "Port number") >> (const :tag "Random" nil)) "24.1" server-auth-dir #f(compiled-function () >> #) "Directory for server authentication >> files.\nWe only..." directory server-auth-key #f(compiled-function () >> #) "Server authentication key.\nThis is only used >> if `s..." (choice (const :tag "Random" nil) (string :tag "Password")) >> "24.3" server-raise-frame #f(compiled-function () #> 0x1e0000171e5d>) "If non-nil, raise frame when switching to a buffer..." >> server-visit-hook #f(compiled-function () #) "Hook >> run when visiting a file for the Emacs server..." hook server-switch-hook >> #f(compiled-function () #) "Hook run when >> switching to a buffer for the Emacs ..." server-after-make-frame-hook ...] >> 10) >> (server-start) >> eval-buffer(# nil "/home/username/.emacs" nil t) ; >> Reading at buffer position 216 >> load-with-code-conversion("/home/username/.emacs" >> "/home/username/.emacs" t t) >> load("~/.emacs" noerror nomessage) >> startup--load-user-init-file(#f(compiled-function () #> 0xcee8b0bce81ba0f>) #f(compiled-function () #) >> t) >> command-line() >> normal-top-level() >> >> Gábor ezt írta (időpont: 2020. okt. 13., K, 9:17): >> >>> I set them both to t, now I have the following error on startup: >>> >>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-missing "make client process failed" >>> "No such file or directory" :name "server-client-test" :family local >>> :server nil :noquery t :service "/run/user/1000/emacs/server") >>> make-network-process(:name "server-client-test" :family local :server >>> nil :noquery t :service "/run/user/1000/emacs/server") >>> server-running-p("server") >>> server-start() >>> eval-buffer(# nil "/home/username/.emacs" nil t) ; >>> Reading at buffer position 27778 >>> load-with-code-conversion("/home/username/.emacs" >>> "/home/username/.emacs" t t) >>> load("~/.emacs" noerror nomessage) >>> startup--load-user-init-file(#f(compiled-function () #>> 0xed8d667e6160a0f>) #f(compiled-function () #) >>> t) >>> command-line() >>> normal-top-level() >>> >>> >>> >>> Eli Zaretskii ezt írta (időpont: 2020. okt. 12., H, >>> 16:50): >>> >>>> > From: Michael Heerdegen >>>> > Cc: Gábor , larsi@gnus.org, >>>> > npostavs@gmail.com, >>>> > 43888@debbugs.gnu.org >>>> > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 07:58:27 +0200 >>>> > >>>> > Eli Zaretskii writes: >>>> > >>>> > > > *ERROR*: Wrong number of arguments: (1 . 4), 5 >>>> > >>>> > > But since with "emacs -Q" it does work, it is still some of your >>>> > > customizations that are the prime suspect. >>>> > >>>> > Is there a way for the user to get an error message more verbose than >>>> > above? >>>> >>>> Yes, make sure debug-on-signal and debug-on-error are both non-nil in >>>> the Emacs that runs the server, then you will have the backtrace pop >>>> up in Emacs. Assuming there's some frame visible for the server, that >>>> is. >>>> >>>