GNU emacs via ssh

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

I just installed GNU emacs on my Fedora 10 system and ran the same test, =

and emacs would not even run, but xemacs works fine. So, my solution at=20
work will be to grab the xemacs rpms and install xemacs.

On 01/23/2009 02:22 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> In the first case, ssh is assigned a tty; in the second case, it isn't.=

> Try adding a "-t" to force tty allocation.
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> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>> When I ssh -X <host>, and run /usr/bin/emacs everything works fine:
>> (emacs)
>> Loading disp-table...done
>> Loading tool-bar...done
>> Loading image...done
>> Loading tooltip...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/igrep-init.el
>> (source)...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/lang-coding-systems-in=
it.el
>> (source)...
>> Loading encoded-kb...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/lang-coding-systems-in=
it.el
>> (source)...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/php-mode-init.el
>> (source)...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/po-mode-init.el
>> (source)...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/python-mode-init.el
>> (source)...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/rpm-spec-mode-init.el
>> (source)...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/tramp-init.el
>> (source)...done
>> Loading mwheel...done
>> Loading jka-compr...done
>>
>> But, when I run emacs using ssh -X -f <host> /usr/bin/emacs, it fails =
while
>> reading lang-coding-systems-init.el.
>> (emacs)
>> Loading disp-table...done
>> Loading tool-bar...done
>> Loading image...done
>> Loading tooltip...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/igrep-init.el
>> (source)...done
>> Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/lang-coding-systems-in=
it.el
>> (source)...
>> or: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
>>
>> In both cases the <host> I was coming from and going to are the same. =
The
>> target system is running RHEL 5.2. I actually deleted /usr/share/emacs=
 and
>> deinstalled and reinstalled emacs just in case there were some artifac=
ts
>> from a previous installation, though the RHEL 5.2 was a clean install.=
 The
>> reason I can't run emacs on my workstation is that it is an IA64 syste=
m and
>> I usually compile from emacs, so I need to be on an x86 system since I=
 am
>> using a pre-built set of compilation tools. I've tested this on a numb=
er of
>> different systems we have here, and with a couple of different ~/.emac=
s
>> files (and no ~/.emacs). I specified /usr/bin/emacs just to eliminate =
any
>> hidden aliases. I suspect that the issue might be that it cannot detec=
t the
>> keyboard using the ssh -f (which implies -n) option.
>>
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