Enter your bug report in this message, including as much detail as you possibly can about the problem, what you did to cause it and what the local and remote machines are.
If you can give a simple set of instructions to make this bug happen reliably, please include those. Thank you for helping kill bugs in TRAMP. Another useful thing to do is to put (setq tramp-debug-buffer t) in the ~/.emacs file and to repeat the bug. Then, include the contents of the *tramp/foo* buffer and the *debug tramp/foo* buffer in your bug report. --bug report follows this line-- Did M-x write-region RET /su::/usr/local/sbin/laptop_mode RET and got Debugger entered--Lisp error: (args-out-of-range 6978 16178) write-region(6978 16178 "/tmp/tramp.2154rmD" nil no-message nil nil) apply(write-region (6978 16178 "/tmp/tramp.2154rmD" nil no-message nil)) tramp-run-real-handler(write-region (6978 16178 "/tmp/tramp.2154rmD" nil no-message nil)) tramp-handle-write-region(6978 16178 "/su::/usr/local/sbin/laptop_mode" nil nil) apply(tramp-handle-write-region (6978 16178 "/su::/usr/local/sbin/laptop_mode" nil nil)) tramp-sh-file-name-handler(write-region 6978 16178 "/su::/usr/local/sbin/laptop_mode" nil nil) apply(tramp-sh-file-name-handler write-region (6978 16178 "/su::/usr/local/sbin/laptop_mode" nil nil)) tramp-file-name-handler(write-region 6978 16178 "/su::/usr/local/sbin/laptop_mode" nil nil) write-region(6978 16178 "/su::/usr/local/sbin/laptop_mode" nil nil nil 1) call-interactively(write-region) execute-extended-command(nil) call-interactively(execute-extended-command) The current buffer in the debugger is "*tramp/su *" which naturally is not that long. It would appear that the region is writting from the wrong buffer. Emacs : GNU Emacs 21.3.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.4.0) of 2004-06-11 on lola.goethe.zz Package: tramp (2.0.39) current state: ============== (setq tramp-ls-command nil tramp-test-groks-nt nil tramp-file-exists-command nil tramp-current-multi-method nil tramp-current-method nil tramp-current-user nil tramp-current-host nil tramp-auto-save-directory nil tramp-default-method "ssh" tramp-rsh-end-of-line "\n" tramp-default-password-end-of-line "\n" tramp-remote-path '("/bin" "/usr/bin" "/usr/sbin" "/usr/local/bin" "/usr/ccs/bin" "/local/bin" "/local/freeware/bin" "/local/gnu/bin" "/usr/freeware/bin" "/usr/pkg/bin" "/usr/contrib/bin") tramp-login-prompt-regexp ".*ogin: *" tramp-password-prompt-regexp "^.*\\([pP]assword\\|passphrase.*\\): ? *" tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp "^.*\\(Connection \\(?:\\(?:clo\\|refu\\)sed\\)\\|Host key verification failed\\.\\|Login \\(?:[Ii]ncorrect\\)\\|Name or service not known\\|\\(?:Permission denied\\|Sorry, try again\\)\\.\\).*\\|^.*\\(Received signal [0-9]+\\).*" tramp-yesno-prompt-regexp "\\(Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)\\?\\)\\s-*" tramp-yn-prompt-regexp "\\(Store key in cache\\? (y/n)\\)\\s-*" tramp-terminal-prompt-regexp "\\(TERM = (.*)\\|Terminal type\\? \\[.*\\]\\)\\s-*" tramp-temp-name-prefix "tramp." tramp-file-name-structure '("^/\\(\\([a-zA-Z_0-9-]+\\):\\)?\\(\\([^:@/ ]*\\)@\\)?\\([a-zA-Z0-9_.#-]*\\):\\(.*$\\)" 2 4 5 6) tramp-file-name-regexp "\\`/[^/:]+:" tramp-multi-file-name-structure '("^/\\(\\([a-zA-Z_0-9-]+\\)\\)?\\(\\(:%s\\)+\\)?:\\(.*$\\)" 2 3 -1) tramp-multi-file-name-hop-structure '("\\([a-zA-Z_0-9-]+\\):\\([^:@/ ]*\\)@\\([a-zA-Z0-9_.#-]*\\)" 1 2 3) tramp-multi-methods '("multi" "multiu") tramp-multi-connection-function-alist '(("telnet" tramp-multi-connect-telnet "telnet %h%n") ("rsh" tramp-multi-connect-rlogin "rsh %h -l %u%n") ("remsh" tramp-multi-connect-rlogin "remsh %h -l %u%n") ("ssh" tramp-multi-connect-rlogin "ssh %h -l %u%n") ("ssht" tramp-multi-connect-rlogin "ssh %h -e none -t -t -l %u%n") ("su" tramp-multi-connect-su "su - %u%n") ("sudo" tramp-multi-connect-su "sudo -u %u -s -p Password:%n") ) tramp-methods '(("smb") ("ftp") ("rcp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "rsh") (tramp-copy-program "rcp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp1" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-1" "-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-1")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp2" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-2" "-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-2")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp1_old" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh1") (tramp-copy-program "scp1") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scp2_old" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh2") (tramp-copy-program "scp2") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("rsync" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "rsync") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-e" "ssh")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-t") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("remcp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "remsh") (tramp-copy-program "rcp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("rsh" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "rsh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh1" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-1" "-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-1")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh2" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-2" "-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args ("-2")) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh1_old" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh1") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("ssh2_old" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh2") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("remsh" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "remsh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("telnet" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-telnet) (tramp-login-program "telnet") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("su" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-su) (tramp-login-program "su") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-" "%u")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("sudo" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-su) (tramp-login-program "sudo") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-u" "%u" "-s" "-p" "Password:")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("multi" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-multi) (tramp-login-program nil) (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args nil) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("scpx" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program "scp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none" "-t" "-t" "/bin/sh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("sshx" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "ssh") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-e" "none" "-t" "-t" "/bin/sh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("krlogin" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "krlogin") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-x")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ("plink" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "plink") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-ssh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy")) ("plink1" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "plink") (tramp-copy-program nil) (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-1" "-ssh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg nil) (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy")) ("pscp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "plink") (tramp-copy-program "pscp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh") (tramp-login-args ("-ssh")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line "xy")) ("fcp" (tramp-connection-function tramp-open-connection-rsh) (tramp-login-program "fsh") (tramp-copy-program "fcp") (tramp-remote-sh "/bin/sh -i") (tramp-login-args ("sh" "-i")) (tramp-copy-args nil) (tramp-copy-keep-date-arg "-p") (tramp-password-end-of-line nil)) ) tramp-end-of-output "///56c622efe6927961e994b85d82617bad" tramp-coding-commands '(("mimencode -b" "mimencode -u -b" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region) ("mmencode -b" "mmencode -u -b" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region) ("recode data..base64" "recode base64..data" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region) ("uuencode xxx" "uudecode -o -" tramp-uuencode-region uudecode-decode-region) ("uuencode xxx" "uudecode -p" tramp-uuencode-region uudecode-decode-region) ("uuencode xxx" "tramp_uudecode" tramp-uuencode-region uudecode-decode-region) ("tramp_encode_with_module" "tramp_decode_with_module" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region) ("tramp_encode" "tramp_decode" base64-encode-region base64-decode-region) ) tramp-actions-before-shell '((tramp-password-prompt-regexp tramp-action-password) (tramp-login-prompt-regexp tramp-action-login) (shell-prompt-pattern tramp-action-succeed) (tramp-shell-prompt-pattern tramp-action-succeed) (tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp tramp-action-permission-denied) (tramp-yesno-prompt-regexp tramp-action-yesno) (tramp-yn-prompt-regexp tramp-action-yn) (tramp-terminal-prompt-regexp tramp-action-terminal) (tramp-process-alive-regexp tramp-action-process-alive) ) tramp-actions-copy-out-of-band '((tramp-password-prompt-regexp tramp-action-password) (tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp tramp-action-permission-denied) (tramp-process-alive-regexp tramp-action-out-of-band) ) tramp-multi-actions '((tramp-password-prompt-regexp tramp-multi-action-password) (tramp-login-prompt-regexp tramp-multi-action-login) (shell-prompt-pattern tramp-multi-action-succeed) (tramp-shell-prompt-pattern tramp-multi-action-succeed) (tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp tramp-multi-action-permission-denied) (tramp-process-alive-regexp tramp-action-process-alive)) tramp-terminal-type "dumb" tramp-shell-prompt-pattern "^[^#$%>\n]*[#$%>] *\\(\\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z] *\\)*" tramp-chunksize nil tramp-backup-directory-alist nil nil nil shell-prompt-pattern "^[^#$%>\n]*[#$%>] *" backup-by-copying nil backup-by-copying-when-linked nil backup-by-copying-when-mismatch nil backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch 200 nil nil nil nil backup-directory-alist nil nil nil file-name-handler-alist '(("\\.Z\\(~\\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'\\|\\.bz2\\'\\|\\.tbz\\'\\|\\.tgz\\'\\|\\.g?z\\(~\\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'\\|\\.dz\\'" . jka-compr-handler) ("^/$\\|^/[^/:][^/]*$" . tramp-completion-file-name-handler) ("\\`/[^/:]+:" . tramp-file-name-handler) ("\\`/:" . file-name-non-special)) ) -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Tramp-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tramp-devel