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. Good luck! 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
