From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Politz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tramp + ido-mode: error with "/su:" Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:52:17 +0100 Organization: FH-Trier Message-ID: <1230584002.547746@arno.fh-trier.de> References: <8763l2rd9k.fsf@iki.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230586853 31102 80.91.229.12 (29 Dec 2008 21:40:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:40:53 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 29 22:41:59 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LHPrz-0000By-1T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:41:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59429 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LHPql-0007Pu-6L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:40:35 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!news.germany.com!news.belwue.de!news.uni-kl.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 143-93-54-11.arno.fh-trier.de Original-X-Trace: news.uni-kl.de 1230584057 9103 143.93.54.11 (29 Dec 2008 20:54:17 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-kl.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:54:17 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081018) In-Reply-To: <8763l2rd9k.fsf@iki.fi> Cache-Post-Path: arno.fh-trier.de!unknown@dslb-084-059-216-221.pools.arcor-ip.net X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:165635 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:60967 Archived-At: Teemu Likonen wrote: > I get annoying error when using Tramp and ido-mode together and try to > edit file through /su or /sudo. I do C-x C-f (ido-find-file), type > "/su:" and just after entering the colon a new window named *tramp/scp > su* pops up with the text: > > ssh: Could not resolve hostname su: Name or service not known > > Process *tramp/scp su* exited abnormally with code 255 > > I can continue typing the path (like /su::/etc/foo) without further > problems and Tramp and Ido completion work nicely. It's the opening of > new window which I'd very much like to get rid of. With Ido mode turned > off there are no errors. > > Is it possible to fix this issue somehow? I tried to fix this in ido, but gave up after a while. Fixing it with (setq tramp-default-method "sudo") from tramps side seems to work. -ap