From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?B?TWF0cyBMw7ZmZGFobA==?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tramp and BusyBox problem? Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:47:44 +0100 Organization: albasani.net Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1236534180 15196 80.91.229.12 (8 Mar 2009 17:43:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:43:00 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 08 18:44:17 2009 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 1LgN2u-000294-3d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:44:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43737 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LgN1Y-00081E-LB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:42:52 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 50 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net txydbkbXDcUo9YTuAPZgP+3YU2CH5L3zb9BnmcjbsFsabmWq0Uh6ja8tiOyjyXxvnQehCITWb4ZY5YbBihKCXu0MhReCwlYLTnQSqYBZKRSDYUFWnzR2nR7lnEC1HihO Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:47:47 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: 8IUvo6XPOM/f9xS83bVEF5YtyCfQrheggkeQUj4k506sOu94kR1vYvoRkL40GYo3T68lpWSxK3MTyjAeKe3+Iw== In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:KknLuu0EyVofGACfdCJpbkhwrw8= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: mFeEVveOmaWYWGTvxSEfqDIuT74abXg4wmq7kw2dnoY= Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:167468 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:62770 Archived-At: Michael Albinus wrote: > Mats Löfdahl writes: > >> Michael Albinus wrote: >>> Mats Löfdahl writes: >>> >>>>> tramp: Testing remote command `/bin/ls' for -n...okay >>>>> tramp: Using remote command `/bin/ls' for getting directory listings >>>>> tramp: Sending the Perl script `tramp_file_attributes'...done. >>>>> tramp-handle-file-attributes: Wrong type argument: listp, if >>> Could you, please, show the backtrace? >>> >>>> Might be easier if I remember to give some information about my environment: >>>> >>>> emacs-version: >>>> GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.7) of >>>> 2009-02-09 on x86-1.fedora.phx.redhat.com >>>> >>>> tramp-version: >>>> 2.0.58-pre >>> Tramp 2.0 hasn't seen so many corrections last time. Would it be an >>> option for you to switch to Tramp 2.1? >> OK, I installed Tramp 2.1.9. Same problem! I tried to mouse-copy a >> backtrace into this message but failed, there's some byte code in >> there that apparently wasn't liked much by the mouse... >> >> I saved it to a file instead: >> http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/~mats/backtrace.txt > > You have problems with an echoing shell, which is known for > Busybox. There are some Tramp patches wrt this, even after release of > 2.1.9. Why did you choose this? Tramp 2.1.15 is the recent version. Why? Because I'm stupid and 2.1.9 is sorted alphabetically after 2.1.15 on the download webpage... :o) But installing 2.1.15 does not remove the problem. A fresh backtrace is available from the same URL: http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/~mats/backtrace.txt The error message in the *Messages* buffer is now (with some context): ... Tramp: Sending password Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on `10.0.0.3' File error: Couldn't find exit status of `echo \"`uname -sr`\"' /Mats