From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1059: 23.0.60; Error When Trying to Access Remote Files Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:53:52 -0400 Message-ID: <87skqt6grz.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 1059@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224346240 20514 80.91.229.12 (18 Oct 2008 16:10:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:10:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1059@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Florian Beck Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 18 18:11:40 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1KrEOw-0001k0-Mb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:11:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41165 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KrENr-0006S3-KV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:10:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KrENX-0006Kz-0Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:10:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KrENV-0006K5-3r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51440 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KrENU-0006Jv-PE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:10:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:37639) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KrENU-0007nQ-Dj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:10:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m9IGA0me019896; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:10:01 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m9IG03Iv016891; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:00:03 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:00:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1059 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: unreproducible Original-Received: via spool by 1059-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1059.122434523515581 (code B ref 1059); Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:00:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1059) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 18 Oct 2008 15:53:55 +0000 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m9IFrqnX015575 for <1059@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:53:53 -0700 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 31B4F57E195; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:53:52 -0400 (EDT) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:10:10 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:21655 Archived-At: [I sent this message several weeks ago, and received no response. Resending.] > On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 13:20 -0400, Chong Yidong wrote: >> > emacs -Q >> >> > (setq debug-on-error t) >> > C-x C-f /ftp:www.fbeck.net@ftp.strato.de: >> > [TAB] >> >> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p nil) >> > signal(wrong-type-argument (char-or-string-p nil)) >> > completion--some(#[(style) "^H A@\n^K\f$" [style >> > completion-styles-alist >> >> I can't reproduce this, also using latest CVS and `emacs -Q'. Could you >> try to debug the problem? > > Not sure. What should I do? First, could you go to minibuffer.el, evaluate it (M-x eval-buffer), trigger the error again, and post the backtrace? This should produce a more informative backtrace.