On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 10:35 AM, George Prikhodko <gp1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Have you tried to set in your ~/.emacs file ‘tramp-verbose’ variable? > If not, then add to the file the following line: > > (setq tramp-verbose 6) > > In '*debug tramp/scp remote_host_name*' buffer you'll see all interactions > between tramp, ssh and your remote host.
Well, that's odd. I decided to get back to this, and now I see that this is working perfectly fine. The only thing I've changed is setting this verbose variable to 6. However, I then changed it back to 1 and retested, and it's still working fine. I'm confused. > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 10:37 AM, David Karr <davidmichaelk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 5:15 PM, Ken Brown <kbr...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> > On 1/4/2018 5:42 PM, David Karr wrote: >> >> >> >> I've reviewed some of the Emacs tramp documentation, but I'm not sure >> >> what the issue is. >> >> >> >> If I'm using Cygwin, I don't need the putty components for this, do I? >> > >> > >> > No, I make ssh connections through Emacs tramp without putty. >> > >> >> When I attempt to open a text file in my homedir on a remote host, >> >> which I can ssh to (passwordless) from the shell, it just times out. >> >> >> >> The *Messages* buffer shows this (fqhn is the hostname): >> >> ------------------ >> >> Tramp: Opening connection for fqhn using scp... >> >> Tramp: Sending command ‘exec ssh -o ControlMaster=auto -o >> >> ControlPath='tramp.%C' -o ControlPersist=no -e none fqhn’ >> >> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell... >> >> Timeout reached, see buffer ‘*tramp/scp fqhn*’ for details >> >> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...failed >> >> Tramp: Opening connection for fqhn using scp...failed >> >> ----------------------- >> >> >> >> There doesn't appear to be a buffer named "*tramp/scp fqhn*". >> > >> > >> > Sorry, I don't know enough about tramp to diagnose this. Maybe it would >> > help if you would say exactly what commands you gave. And does the >> problem >> > occur if you start with 'emacs -Q'? >> >> What "commands" am I giving? All I'm trying to do is open a single >> file on the remote host. >> >> I'm entering "//fqhn:/home/<myuid>/.bash_profile". >> >> I get different behavior using "emacs -Q". I don't get a timeout >> error, but I also don't think it even attempted to connect to the >> remote box. The editor view just opens with the given name, but it's >> empty (it shouldn't be). The "*Messages*" buffer doesn't indicate >> that it ever tried to make a connection. It also says "Use M-x >> make-directory RET RET to create the directory and its parents". >> >> The other frustrating issue with my full Emacs configuration is that >> when I enter the second forward slash, key response vastly, and I mean >> vastly, slows down. I've gone through the tramp FAQ looking for >> potential performance issues, but nothing has helped. >> >> -- >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> >> > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple