From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.50; Unable to launch emacsclient from shell buffers: Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:13:00 -0700 Message-ID: <200709170413.l8H4D08E022613@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> References: <20070914052814.8224512A4546@localhost> <200709141637.l8EGbpr1015759@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <18156.11481.711225.807608@gargle.gargle.HOWL> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190002566 11817 80.91.229.12 (17 Sep 2007 04:16:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:16:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: raman@users.sourceforge.net Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 17 06:16:05 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IX81k-0001jX-9i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:16:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IX81j-0004mt-14 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IX81f-0004il-6D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:15:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IX81d-0004hP-Lf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:15:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IX81d-0004hM-J0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:15:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IX81d-0007t7-CN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:15:57 -0400 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IX818-0008Uy-AZ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:15:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IX81a-0007sb-Ib for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:15:57 -0400 Original-Received: from oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IX81a-0007sV-58 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:15:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l8H4D08E022613; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:13:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <18156.11481.711225.807608@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (T. V. Raman's message of "Sat\, 15 Sep 2007 12\:04\:57 -0700") Original-Lines: 42 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-0.84, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44, J_CHICKENPOX_25 0.60) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-Detected-Kernel: Solaris 9 X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:79079 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:19898 Archived-At: "T. V. Raman" writes: > This is while running outside X at the linux console. I am not sure I understand what you are trying to do. Please confirm that this is what you are trying to do: run emacs on a linux console run M-x shell in emacs run emacsclient from the shell buffer. If this is the situation, what do you expect emacsclient to do in this case? > > >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Nicolaescu writes: > Dan> raman writes: > >> One can no longer launch emacsclient from shell buffers, > >> if you do you get the folllowing error: > >> > >> emacsclient foo *ERROR*: Terminal type "dumb" is not > >> powerful enough to run Emacs 22:26:39 labrador ~ $ > Dan> > Dan> This sounds like DISPLAY is not set. What is the output > Dan> of: > Dan> > Dan> echo $DISPLAY > Dan> > Dan> > Dan> I cannot reproduce your problem on my machine. > > -- > Best Regards, > --raman > > > Email: raman@users.sf.net > WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ > AIM: emacspeak GTalk: tv.raman.tv@gmail.com > PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc > Google: tv+raman > IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/#emacs