I am having the same problem with Emacs and the BBB... I'm running through Cygwin and I have used the -X option which connects just fine, but Emacs still does not recognize any keys...
Frank On Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:09:20 AM UTC-5, RT Mistler wrote: > > The one I have is 23.4.1. > > Are you running ssh through cygwin? I'd suggest that but also don't know > if that would then also support the -X option. Also look for an option > called "ForwareX11" that's what the -X option activates in ssh. > > - RT > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:05 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm using SSH Secure Shell on a Windows XP machine, not ssh on a Linux >> box, and there's no -X option that I'm aware of. As far as I can tell from >> the man page, whatever it is that the -X option does is automatically >> provided by the SSH program. Also, I've used this software for accessing >> emacs on many machines for years with no bad experiences that I can recall >> ... until now. >> >> I suspect that there's some flag or option that has to be adjusted on the >> BBB side, either for the shell or more likely for emacs, but I have no >> idea what it might be. >> >> A little more googling and I see that there may be some bug in emacs that >> causes this. So, another question: has anybody gotten emacs 23.4-r2 to >> work in the BBB running Angstrom? >> >> On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 12:45:55 PM UTC-5, RT Mistler wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Do you use the -X switch when you invoke ssh? I was searching for how >>> to install emacs on beaglebone black and found your note. It worked for >>> me, I use: >>> >>> ssh -X root@<ip-address> >>> >>> to attach to my BBB and now that I've installed gnuemacs, it works >>> correctly, window pops up and all; no problems with key sequences. >>> >>> I am ssh'ing over from a Ubuntu distribution. >>> >>> - RT >>> >>> On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:42:01 PM UTC-5, [email protected]: >>>> >>>> I installed emacs on my brand new BBB, but although emacs starts up, no >>>> key ever makes it to into the program. >>>> >>>> The installation was as simple as >>>> 1) log in as root using SSH Secure Shell 3.2.9 (see comments below) to >>>> 192.168.1.xxx (via the ethernet cable, address assigned via DHCP) >>>> 2) execute >>>> opkg update >>>> opkg install emacs >>>> 3) run emacs by typing >>>> emacs >>>> >>>> No key is recognized, not M-<key>, not C-<key> , not even just a letter >>>> <key> (and worst of all, not C-x C-c, which would cause emacs to exit). >>>> Same result occurs if I create a text file test.txt and then execute >>>> emacs test.txt >>>> >>>> And just to cut off one possibility: note that I've been using SSH >>>> Secure Shell with emacs for years, and I tested it just now with another >>>> system; it works just fine. Obviously, too, it accesses the BBB, because >>>> that's how I entered the commands that installed and executed emacs. And, >>>> of course, I've rebooted the BBB several times. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> P.S. SSH Secure Shell 3.2.9 is a very nice TTY program, which I vastly >>>> prefer over PuTTY. >>>> Search for >>>> ssh secure shell 3.2.9 download free >>>> and you'll find various sources, including universities, that offer the >>>> software for free, e.g.William & Mary, Dartmouth, Northwestern, UCLA, etc. >>>> In other words, you won't be downloading some cracked and potentially >>>> dangerous piece of software. >>>> >>> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/I0B2Jj1pa78/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
