this is the message when I turn debug-on-error, but I don't use gnome instead of mate: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...") signal(file-error ("The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...")) tramp-gvfs-dbus-event-error((dbus-event :session 3 30 "org.freedesktop.DBus" nil nil nil dbus-call-method-handler "The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...") (dbus-error "The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...")) run-hook-with-args(tramp-gvfs-dbus-event-error (dbus-event :session 3 30 "org.freedesktop.DBus" nil nil nil dbus-call-method-handler "The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...") (dbus-error "The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...")) dbus-handle-event((dbus-event :session 3 30 "org.freedesktop.DBus" nil nil nil dbus-call-method-handler "The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...")) funcall-interactively(dbus-handle-event (dbus-event :session 3 30 "org.freedesktop.DBus" nil nil nil dbus-call-method-handler "The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...")) call-interactively(dbus-handle-event nil [(dbus-event :session 3 30 "org.freedesktop.DBus" nil nil nil dbus-call-method-handler "The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...")]) command-execute(dbus-handle-event nil [(dbus-event :session 3 30 "org.freedesktop.DBus" nil nil nil dbus-call-method-handler "The name org.mate.atril.Daemon was not provided by...")] t) read-event(nil nil 0.001) dbus-call-method(:session "org.mate.atril.Daemon" "/org/freedesktop/DBus" "org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer" "Ping") dbus-ping(:session "org.mate.atril.Daemon") TeX-evince-dbus-p("mate" "atril" :forward) TeX-view-program-select-evince("mate" "atril") byte- code("\10\301\267\202\n\0\302\207\303\207\304\305\306\307\310\311DE\312 \313\314\315\316\317\"\320BB\321\315\322\323\"\324BB\325\315\326\327\"\ 330BB\331\332\333\334\335\336..." [system-type # (("Yap" ("yap -1" (mode-io-correlate " -s %n%b") " %o") "yap") ("dviout" ("dviout -1 " ((paper-a4 paper-portrait) "-y=A4 ") ((paper-a4 paper-landscape) "-y=A4L ") ((paper-a5 paper-portrait) "- y=A5 ") ((paper-a5 paper-landscape) "-y=A5L ") ((paper-b5 paper- portrait) "-y=E5 ") ((paper-b5 paper-landscape) "-y=E5L ") ((paper- b4jis paper-portrait) "-y=B4 ") ((paper-b4jis paper-landscape) "-y=B4L ") ((paper-b5jis paper-portrait) "-y=B5 ") ((paper-b5jis paper- landscape) "-y=B5L ") (paper-legal "-y=Legal ") (paper-letter "- y=Letter ") (paper-executive "-y=Executive ") "%d" (mode-io-correlate " \"# %n '%b'\"")) "dviout") ("PDF Tools" TeX-pdf-tools-sync-view) ("SumatraPDF" ("SumatraPDF -reuse-instance" (mode-io-correlate " - forward-search \"%b\" %n") " %o") "SumatraPDF") ("dvips and start" "dvips %d -o && start \"\" %f" "dvips") ("start" "start \"\" %o")) (("Preview.app" "open -a Preview.app %o" "open") ("Skim" "open -a Skim.app %o" "open") ("PDF Tools" TeX-pdf-tools-sync-view) ("displayline" "displayline %n %o %b" "displayline") ("open" "open %o" "open")) ("dvi2tty" ("dvi2tty -q -w 132 %o")) ("xdvi" ("%(o?)xdvi" (mode-io-correlate " -sourceposition \"%n %b\" -editor \"%cS\"") ((paper-a4 paper-portrait) " -paper a4") ((paper-a4 paper-landscape) " -paper a4r") ((paper-a5 paper-portrait) " -paper a5") ((paper-a5 paper- landscape) " -paper a5r") (paper-b5 " -paper b5") (paper-letter " - paper us") (paper-legal " -paper legal") (paper-executive " -paper 7.25x10.5in") " %d") "%(o?)xdvi") "dvips and gv" "%(o?)dvips %d -o && gv %f" "%(o?)dvips" "gv" ("gv" "gv %o" "gv") ("xpdf" ("xpdf -remote %s -raise %o" (mode-io-correlate " %(outpage)")) "xpdf") "Evince" TeX- view-program-select-evince "gnome" "evince" ("evince") "Atril" "mate" "atril" ("atril") "Xreader" "x" "reader" ("xreader") ("Okular" ("okular --unique %o" (mode-io-correlate "#src:%n%a")) "okular") ("xdg-open" "xdg-open %o" "xdg-open") ("PDF Tools" TeX-pdf-tools-sync-view) ("Zathura" ("zathura %o" (mode-io-correlate " --synctex-forward %n:0:\"%b\" -x \"emacsclient +%{li...")) "zathura") "Sioyek" "sioyek %o" mode-io-correlate " --forward-search-file \"%b\" --forward-search- line ..." ("sioyek")] 16) (defvar TeX-view-program-list-builtin (byte-code "\10\301\267\202\n\0\302\207\303\207\304\305\306\307\310\311DE\312\313\ 314\315\316\317\"\320BB\321\315\322\323\"\324BB\325\315\326\327\"\330BB \331\332\333\334\335\336..." [system-type # (("Yap" ("yap -1" (mode-io-correlate " -s %n%b") " %o") "yap") ("dviout" ("dviout -1 " ((paper-a4 paper-portrait) "-y=A4 ") ((paper-a4 paper-landscape) "-y=A4L ") ((paper-a5 paper-portrait) "- y=A5 ") ((paper-a5 paper-landscape) "-y=A5L ") ((paper-b5 paper- portrait) "-y=E5 ") ((paper-b5 paper-landscape) "-y=E5L ") ((paper- b4jis paper-portrait) "-y=B4 ") ((paper-b4jis paper-landscape) "-y=B4L ") ((paper-b5jis paper-portrait) "-y=B5 ") ((paper-b5jis paper- landscape) "-y=B5L ") (paper-legal "-y=Legal ") (paper-letter "- y=Letter ") (paper-executive "-y=Executive ") "%d" (mode-io-correlate " \"# %n '%b'\"")) "dviout") ("PDF Tools" TeX-pdf-tools-sync-view) ("SumatraPDF" ("SumatraPDF -reuse-instance" (mode-io-correlate " - forward-search \"%b\" %n") " %o") "SumatraPDF") ("dvips and start" "dvips %d -o && start \"\" %f" "dvips") ("start" "start \"\" %o")) (("Preview.app" "open -a Preview.app %o" "open") ("Skim" "open -a Skim.app %o" "open") ("PDF Tools" TeX-pdf-tools-sync-view) ("displayline" "displayline %n %o %b" "displayline") ("open" "open %o" "open")) ("dvi2tty" ("dvi2tty -q -w 132 %o")) ("xdvi" ("%(o?)xdvi" (mode-io-correlate " -sourceposition \"%n %b\" -editor \"%cS\"") ((paper-a4 paper-portrait) " -paper a4") ((paper-a4 paper-landscape) " -paper a4r") ((paper-a5 paper-portrait) " -paper a5") ((paper-a5 paper- landscape) " -paper a5r") (paper-b5 " -paper b5") (paper-letter " - paper us") (paper-legal " -paper legal") (paper-executive " -paper 7.25x10.5in") " %d") "%(o?)xdvi") "dvips and gv" "%(o?)dvips %d -o && gv %f" "%(o?)dvips" "gv" ("gv" "gv %o" "gv") ("xpdf" ("xpdf -remote %s -raise %o" (mode-io-correlate " %(outpage)")) "xpdf") "Evince" TeX- view-program-select-evince "gnome" "evince" ("evince") "Atril" "mate" "atril" ("atril") "Xreader" "x" "reader" ("xreader") ("Okular" ("okular --unique %o" (mode-io-correlate "#src:%n%a")) "okular") ("xdg-open" "xdg-open %o" "xdg-open") ("PDF Tools" TeX-pdf-tools-sync-view) ("Zathura" ("zathura %o" (mode-io-correlate " --synctex-forward %n:0:\"%b\" -x \"emacsclient +%{li...")) "zathura") "Sioyek" "sioyek %o" mode-io-correlate " --forward-search-file \"%b\" --forward-search- line ..." ("sioyek")] 16) ("/home/duhaibo/.emacs.d/elpa/auctex- 13.1.6/tex.elc" . 36609)) TeX-tex-mode() apply(TeX-tex-mode nil) tex-mode() set-auto-mode-0(tex-mode nil) set-auto-mode() normal-mode(t) after-find-file(nil t) find-file-noselect-1(# "~/tex/examples/123.tex" nil nil "~/tex/examples/123.tex" (4852253 2066)) find-file-noselect("/home/duhaibo/tex/examples/123.tex" nil nil nil) find-file("/home/duhaibo/tex/examples/123.tex") helm-find-file-or-marked("/home/duhaibo/tex/examples/123.tex") helm-execute-selection-action-1() helm-execute-selection-action() helm-internal(helm-source-find-files "/home/duhaibo/notes/org/" "Find files or url: " nil nil "*helm find files*" nil nil nil) apply(helm-internal (helm-source-find-files "/home/duhaibo/notes/org/" "Find files or url: " nil nil "*helm find files*" nil nil nil)) helm(helm-source-find-files "/home/duhaibo/notes/org/" "Find files or url: " nil nil "*helm find files*" nil nil nil) apply(helm (helm-source-find-files "/home/duhaibo/notes/org/" "Find files or url: " nil nil "*helm find files*" nil nil nil)) helm(:sources helm-source-find-files :input "/home/duhaibo/notes/org/" :case-fold-search smart :preselect nil :ff-transformer-show-only- basename t :default nil :prompt "Find files or url: " :buffer "*helm find files*") helm-find-files-1("/home/duhaibo/notes/org/" nil) helm-find-files(nil) funcall-interactively(helm-find-files nil) call-interactively(helm-find-files nil nil) command-execute(helm-find-files) -- best, David