Re: emacsclient can't connect to socket

[Stefan Monnier]

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Which Emacs did you use to write this bug report ?
[ I thought CVS versions stripped this text before sending the report,
  so maybe there's a bug in the stripping code. ]

> When i use emacsclient from a xterm i get the following error:
> 
> ,----
> | address@hidden:drache$ emacsclient ~/.emacs 
> | emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server?
> | To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
> `----

Which `emacsclient' is this ?
Could you `strace' it to see which socket it tries to connect to
in /tmp ?


        Stefan