Re: How do I debug this?

[Mark Geary]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2017, Michael Albinus wrote:

> Mark Geary <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Right. So I'm connecting from a Linux box running Emacs 23.1.1 and Tramp
> > 2.1.15. The remote machine is the same FreeBSD box I described earlier.
>
> Well, that's pretty old. Recent Tramp 2.3 does not support Emacs 23, but
> maybe you could upgrade to Tramp 2.2.13?

I can see if the sysadmin is willing, though he's on vacation right
now. If he won't, I might be able to install a private version of
Tramp.

> > I tried the sshx method, but it still hangs at the same spot. Here's
> > the end of the debug buffer:
> >
> >     14:38:08 tramp-open-connection-setup-interactive-shell (5) # Remote echo 
> > still on. Ok.
> >     14:38:08 tramp-send-command (6) # _echo^H^H^H^H^Hstty icanon erase ^H cols 
> > 32767_echo^H^H^H^H^H
> >     14:38:08 tramp-check-for-regexp (5) # echo-mark found
> >     14:38:08 tramp-wait-for-regexp (6) #
> >     $
> >     14:38:08 tramp-open-connection-setup-interactive-shell (5) # Setting shell 
> > prompt
> >     14:38:08 tramp-send-command (6) # _echo^H^H^H^H^HPS1='
> >     ///3ada5f533267468984eeb5d8b77f38c3
> >     '_echo^H^H^H^H^H
> >     14:38:08 tramp-check-for-regexp (5) # echo-mark found
>
> That's OK so far. Nothing more?

Right, that's what's in the buffer after I hit C-g after Emacs/Tramp hangs

> > /usr/local/bin/bash appears to preserve newlines. So I created a new
> > connection method, copying from sshx but changing /bin/sh to
> > /usr/local/bin/bash.
> >
> > (add-to-list 'tramp-methods '("sshxbash" [...] ))
> >
> > The *debug tramp/sshxbash io* buffer appears to stop at the same point
> > as with the sshx method. It doesn't seem too long, so I'll include it
> > below.
>
> Hard to read, because the mail programs wrap lines. Pls send again the
> whole debug buffer (with tramp-verbose being 10) as attachment.

Ok, it is attached. Near the end there are 5 lines which repeat every
second. It's not clear to me whether Tramp is sending, receiving, or
both.

Mark

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