From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: seberino@spawar.navy.mil (Christian Seberino) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ?? emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server? <--Why this? Date: 17 Sep 2003 13:41:39 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063831651 28055 80.91.224.253 (17 Sep 2003 20:47:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:47:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 17 22:47:29 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19zjCz-0006K3-00 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:47:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19zjBZ-000324-5i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:46:01 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.253.72.211 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1063831301 27917 127.0.0.1 (17 Sep 2003 20:41:41 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Sep 2003 20:41:41 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116677 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12599 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12599 Stefan Thanks so much for your help. I was using emacs server and emacsclient from DIFFERENT Emacs versions. I have 2 (1 from default install and 1 from CVS server) Emacs versions. Using right emacsclient made everything work. Thanks again, Chris "Stefan Monnier" wrote in message news:... > > I started an emacs session and ran server-start. > > I then opened an xterm and verified $EDITOR was set to emacsclient. > > I then did "emacsclient somefile" hoping it would run in my old emacs > > process but instead I got following message.... > > emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server? > > What am I doing wrong?? > > Assuming both processes are run on the same machine by the same user, this > looks like a bug. Please give more information about the Emacs version > you're using and the `emacsclient' version you're using. > > > What is this about a socket?? > > A `socket' is a thingy used to comunicate between processes. > Most likely your problem is that emacsserver created a socket > named /tmp/foo and emacsclient tries to access the socket /tmp/bar. > > > Stefan