From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Teemu Likonen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tramp + ido-mode: error with "/su:" Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:47:36 GMT Organization: Sonera Customer Message-ID: <874p0m3b7r.fsf@iki.fi> References: <8763l2rd9k.fsf@iki.fi> <1230584002.547746@arno.fh-trier.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230590455 9480 80.91.229.12 (29 Dec 2008 22:40:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:40:55 +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 23:42:02 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 1LHQoA-000558-DK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:41:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36240 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LHQmw-0001ZX-MJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:40:42 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed1.swip.net!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!nntp.inet.fi!central1.inet.fi!inet.fi!read4.inet.fi.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z/G2ksmHpWugpap2y/lqE/gVS9A= Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.220.180.181 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@inet.fi Original-X-Trace: read4.inet.fi 1230587256 80.220.180.181 (Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:47:36 EET) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:47:36 EET Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:165636 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:60971 Archived-At: Andreas Politz (2008-12-29 21:52 +0100) wrote: > Teemu Likonen wrote: >> ssh: Could not resolve hostname su: Name or service not known >> >> Process *tramp/scp su* exited abnormally with code 255 >> 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. Indeed, that works. Thanks. I checked with Emacs 23 and its tramp does not give that error message with ido. The whole customization of Emacs 23's tramp is a bit different from 22's.