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after reinstalling my system, I discovered that the emacs tramp isn't working..;. Here is what exactly happens : I type in C-x C-f /su:root@localhost: Here emacs asks for my password, which I provide. It then hangs, showing the above string in the minibuffer, and then Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell

Here is what is in the tramp/su root@localhost :

Password: Password: 
su: incorrect password

Process *tramp/su root@localhost* exited abnormally with code 125

And here is what's in debug tramp/su root@localhost

http://pastebin.com/0CKD1yM3

The last line :

17:13:59.988240 tramp-file-name-handler (1) # Interrupt received in operation (file-exists-p /su:root@localhost:)

seems to say that the hangs happens inside tramp-file-name-handler or file-exists-p /su:root@localhost:, but i don't really know what to do with that...

My emacs version is 23.4.1

I would be glad if someone knows what might cause this !

Edit : it turned out that this was because my prompt was ill configured... My PS1 variable for root contained colors, and the detection of color-able terminals wasn't working

Kara
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    Make sure you enter the solution as an Answer, and then accept that answer when you are able (you will probably have to wait a day or so). – phils Apr 04 '12 at 10:21
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    Why was this closed as too localized? If I understand it correctly, it will affect any emacs user who uses colors on his root console. – Malabarba Sep 17 '12 at 21:10
  • The answer to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8363532/596361 – Mirzhan Irkegulov Jan 17 '13 at 09:05

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