Update2: More exactly the error occur when setting 'string': diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el index 4a3072ee346..8885bd55846 100644 --- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el +++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el @@ -3748,7 +3748,8 @@ Supported arguments for GIO_USE_FILE_MONITOR environment variable: (intern (format "G%sFileMonitor" (capitalize (match-string 1 string))))) (t (throw 'doesnt-work nil)))) - (setq string (substring string (match-end 0)))) + ;(setq string (substring string (match-end 0))) + ) ;; Delete empty lines. (setq string (tramp-compat-string-replace "\n\n" "\n" string) With this commented line events occur as expected. -- Thierry