(file-error "Process has died")

[henry atting]

Hi,

I have the problem that either tramp hangs while trying to open
root files or simply dies. When I stop it with C-g and switch 
through the emacs buffers I find one buffer with a prompt for my 
password. I would expect the prompt in the minibuffer. 


Kind regards,
henry


Emacs  : GNU Emacs 23.0.0.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.13)
 of 2007-08-26 on argon
Package: tramp (2.1.11-pre)

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Process has died")
  signal(file-error ("Process has died")) tramp-error(#<process
  *tramp/su address@hidden> file-error "Process has died")
  apply(tramp-error #<process *tramp/su address@hidden> file-error
  "Process has died" nil) byte-code("ĎÅÆ \n%)‡"
  [vec-or-proc signal fmt-string args ((byte-code "ƒ-Ä
  !„-ÅÆÇ!ƒ†&È!ƒ#É!†&Ê!!ˆËÌ!ˆ)ć"
  [vec-or-proc tramp-verbose enable-recursive-minibuffers buffer
  zerop t pop-to-buffer bufferp processp process-buffer
  tramp-get-buffer sit-for 30] 3)) apply tramp-error] 6)
  tramp-wait-for-regexp(#<process *tramp/su address@hidden> nil
  "^///627503b80226665214633303fdf9d20c
?$")
  tramp-wait-for-output(#<process *tramp/su address@hidden>)
  tramp-send-command(["su" "root" "atting" "/etc/fstab"] "test 0
  2>/dev/null; echo tramp_exit_status $? ")
  tramp-send-command-and-check(["su" "root" "atting" "/etc/fstab"]
  "test 0") tramp-get-test-command(["su" "root" "atting"
  "/etc/fstab"]) tramp-run-test("-d" "/su:address@hidden:/etc/fstab")
  tramp-handle-file-directory-p("/su:address@hidden:/etc/fstab")
  apply(tramp-handle-file-directory-p "/su:address@hidden:/etc/fstab")
  tramp-sh-file-name-handler(file-directory-p
  "/su:address@hidden:/etc/fstab") apply(tramp-sh-file-name-handler
  file-directory-p "/su:address@hidden:/etc/fstab")
  tramp-file-name-handler(file-directory-p
  "/su:address@hidden:/etc/fstab")
  file-directory-p("/su:address@hidden:/etc/fstab")
  find-file-noselect("/su::/etc/fstab" nil nil nil)
  ad-Orig-find-file("/su::/etc/fstab" nil) (setq ad-return-value
  (ad-Orig-find-file filename wildcards)) (if handler (let*
  (... ... ... ...) (get-buffer-create logbuffer)
  (with-current-buffer logbuffer ... ...) (apply
  ... "extview-process" logbuffer app args) (message ... logbuffer))
  (setq ad-return-value (ad-Orig-find-file filename wildcards))) (let
  ((handler ...)) (if (and handler ...) (if ... ... ...) (let*
  ... ... ...)) (if handler (let* ... ... ... ... ...) (setq
  ad-return-value ...)))  (let (ad-return-value) (let (...) (if
  ... ... ...) (if handler ... ...)) ad-return-value)
  find-file("/su::/etc/fstab") (progn (find-file (concat
  find-file-root-prefix file)) (setq find-file-root-history
  file-name-history) (run-hooks (quote find-file-root-hook))) (if
  (setq file (read-file-name "Find file (UID = 0): " dir path))
  (progn (find-file ...) (setq find-file-root-history
  file-name-history) (run-hooks ...)))  (when (setq file
  (read-file-name "Find file (UID = 0): " dir path)) (find-file
  (concat find-file-root-prefix file)) (setq find-file-root-history
  file-name-history) (run-hooks (quote find-file-root-hook))) (let*
  ((file-name-history find-file-root-history) (name ...) (tramp ...)
  path dir file) (when tramp (setq path ... dir ...)) (when (setq
  file ...) (find-file ...) (setq find-file-root-history
  file-name-history) (run-hooks ...)))  find-file-root()
  call-interactively(find-file-root)