Re: tramp not loading (?)

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

ken wrote:
 > Starting over.  I removed (by hand) the tramp2 installed earlier and
 > installed (from tramp.el):
 >
 > ;; Version: $Id: tramp.el,v 2.95 2002/04/10 17:16:25 kaig Exp $
 >
 > Untarred under my home, then copied them to the traditional place for a
 > system-wide install:
 >
 > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tramp # ll
 > total 264
 > drwxr-x---  2 root root   4096 Sep 10 22:43 .
 > drwxr-xr-x  7 root root   4096 Sep 10 22:42 ..
 > -rw-rw----  1 6104 6100   1953 Mar  3  2002 tramp-util.el
 > -rw-r-----  1 6104 6100  19658 Dec 29  2001 tramp-vc.el
 > -rw-r-----  1 6104 6100 225748 Apr 10  2002 tramp.el
 > -rw-rw----  1 6104 6100   3480 Feb 28  2001 trampcache.el
 >
 > Put this into my ~/.emacs:
 >
 > (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tramp/")
 > (require 'tramp)	;errors out
 >
 > Put the point after the closing paren of each line and did "C-x C-e"
 >
 > The first properly displayed the load-path in the echo area, but the
 > second yeilded this pile of confusion:
 >
 > <snip>
 > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Cannot open load file" 
"tramp")
 >   require(tramp)
 >   eval((require (quote tramp)))
 >   eval-last-sexp-1(nil)
 >   eval-last-sexp(nil)
 >   call-interactively(eval-last-sexp)

Is your uid 6104 or your gid 6100?  Because that is the only user and
group allowed to read the tramp*.el files in your
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tramp directory.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers