From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sebastian Tennant Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: tramp does not display dired buffers Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:53:28 +0100 Message-ID: <87lksyx2bb.fsf@smolny.plus.com> References: <17516.35678.486157.684308@gargle.gargle.HOWL> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148000062 18356 80.91.229.2 (19 May 2006 00:54:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 00:54:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 19 02:54:17 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FgtFw-0006Vl-0O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 May 2006 02:54:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FgtFv-0001eo-86 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 May 2006 20:54:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FgtFk-0001ee-Jf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2006 20:54:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FgtFj-0001eP-HZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2006 20:54:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FgtFj-0001eM-Bp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2006 20:54:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FgtIv-0003Lc-PN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2006 20:57:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FgtFb-0006Mm-EA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 May 2006 02:53:55 +0200 Original-Received: from bl7-91-62.dsl.telepac.pt ([85.240.91.62]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 02:53:55 +0200 Original-Received: from sebyte by bl7-91-62.dsl.telepac.pt with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 02:53:55 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 67 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: bl7-91-62.dsl.telepac.pt User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Qm17+UUDCq/NkMbybm8WCC04v6k= 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:35139 Archived-At: Quoth Pawel : > When I am visiting remote directories (ssh method), I get the > following error [in the] *Message* buffer: > > Reading directory /ssh:remotehost:/etc/... > dired-insert-directory: Args out of range: 1, 10 > > According to [the] info page I think dired buffers should work in > tramp... Absolutely. It's pretty much tramp's primary function. > Do You have any idea what might be the problem. Not really :-/ (describe-function 'dired-insert-directory) dired-insert-directory is a compiled Lisp function in `dired'. (dired-insert-directory DIR-OR-LIST SWITCHES &optional WILDCARD FULL-P) not documented Hmm... not much help. When I request the root directory of my remote server (using tramp and ssh) I receive the following messages in *Messages*: Loading dired...done Loading tramp...done Loading ange-ftp...done Reading directory /ssh:sebyte@207.210.xxx.yyy:/... tramp: Opening connection for sebyte@207.210.xxx.yyy using ssh... tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell tramp: Waiting 60s for prompt from remote shell tramp: Found remote shell prompt. tramp: Initializing remote shell tramp: Waiting 30s for remote `/bin/sh' to come up... tramp: Setting up remote shell environment tramp: Checking remote host type for `send-process-string' bug tramp: Determining coding system tramp: Waiting 30s for `HISTFILE=$HOME/.tramp_history; HISTSIZE=1; export HISTFILE; export HISTSIZE' tramp: Waiting 30s for `set +o vi +o emacs' tramp: Waiting 30s for `unset MAIL MAILCHECK MAILPATH' tramp: Waiting 30s for `unset CDPATH' tramp: Setting shell prompt tramp: Remote `/bin/sh' groks tilde expansion, good tramp: Finding command to check if file exists tramp: Finding a suitable `ls' command tramp: Checking remote `/usr/xpg4/bin/ls' command for `-n' option tramp: Checking remote `/bin/ls' command for `-n' option tramp: Testing remote command `/bin/ls' for -n...okay tramp: Using remote command `/bin/ls' for getting directory listings tramp: Sending the Perl `mime-encode' implementations. tramp: Sending the Perl `mime-decode' implementations. tramp: Checking remote encoding command `mimencode -b' for sanity tramp: Checking remote encoding command `mmencode -b' for sanity tramp: Checking remote encoding command `recode data..base64' for sanity tramp: Checking remote encoding command `uuencode xxx' for sanity [4 times] tramp: Checking remote encoding command `tramp_encode_with_module' for sanity tramp: Checking remote decoding command `tramp_decode_with_module' for sanity tramp: Checking to see if encoding/decoding commands work on remote host...done Reading directory /ssh:sebyte@207.210.xxx.yyy:/...done tramp: Sending the Perl script `tramp_file_attributes'...done. How far do you get through this list? sdt