Re: cannot ssh edit a file

[Michael Albinus]

Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Luca,

> I must be doing something wrong, since I've done (setq tramp-verbose
> 10) and evaluated the buffer, but nothing appeared anywhere (both with
> or without -Q startup).

For further analysis, we need the traces. Pls start

# emacs -Q --eval '(setq tramp-verbose 10)'

and run your test. After wards, there will be a buffer
*debug tramp/ssh host* which contains the traces.

> I've changed the shell from zsh to bash, I've changed the prompt
> according to suggestions to get a standard prompt, but the symptoms
> are the same.
> I've checked that logging into different machines works, so I've
> problem only with a FreeBSD host and a Fedora host that are currently
> not working fine.
> I've tried to ssh with or without keys but when Emacs has to open a
> file it freezes. I've also tried, as a desperate approach, to connect
> via IP instead of hostname, but nothing changed.
> What puzzles me is that I cannot see the connection established on the
> remote side.

I suspect it is a problem with your *local* prompt then.

> Luca

Best regards, Michael.