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23.0.60; emacsclient from inferior shell gives *ERROR*: Terminal type "dumb" is not powerful enough to run Emacs

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Hanchrow <offby1 <at> blarg.net>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; emacsclient from inferior shell gives *ERROR*: Terminal type "dumb" is not powerful enough to run Emacs
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:15:25 -0800

Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

Your bug report will be posted to the emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org mailing list.

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

$ cd /usr/local/src/emacs-via-git/src/
$ ./emacs -nw -Q
M-x server-start RET
M-x shell RET
$ /usr/local/src/emacs-via-git/lib-srs/emacsclient /etc/passwd RET

I see *ERROR*: Terminal type "dumb" is not powerful enough to run Emacs

I expected to see a new window open displaying a buffer that was visiting /etc/passwd

If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
/usr/local/src/emacs-via-git/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9)
 of 2008-11-03 on debian
configured using `configure  '--enable-maintainer-mode' '--with-xpm=yes' '--with-jpeg=no' '--with-gif=no' '--with-tiff=no' '--with-xft' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: ERC

Minor modes in effect:
  display-battery-mode: t
  erc-ring-mode: t
  erc-pcomplete-mode: t
  erc-netsplit-mode: t
  erc-button-mode: t
  erc-fill-mode: t
  erc-stamp-mode: t
  flyspell-mode: t
  erc-autojoin-mode: t
  erc-track-mode: t
  erc-track-minor-mode: t
  erc-match-mode: t
  erc-log-mode: t
  erc-services-mode: t
  erc-networks-mode: t
  erc-irccontrols-mode: t
  erc-noncommands-mode: t
  erc-readonly-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  recentf-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  global-auto-revert-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  iswitchb-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent input:
a p h i c s SPC f r a m e C-e ; SPC a n d SPC y e s 
, SPC D I S P A DEL L Y A C-t SPC i s SPC i n d e e 
d SPC s e t RET C-x o ESC p C-a ( u n s e t SPC D I 
S P L A Y ; SPC C-e ) RET C-x o C-x o C-p C-p ESC C-@ 
ESC w C-x o C-y SPC - > SPC s a m e SPC e r o r r DEL 
DEL DEL r o r RET w o r k e d SPC r e c e n t l y RET 
i . . e DEL DEL e . , SPC i n SPC a SPC b u i l d C-c 
C-u c o n s TAB s u r e , SPC i t SPC j u s t SPC h 
a s SPC " x " SPC w h e r e SPC t h e SPC C-c C-u s 
u r e ! RET I SPC c a n ' t SPC s e e SPC h o w SPC 
T E R M SPC i s SPC r e l e a n DEL DEL v a n t SPC 
i f SPC I ' m SPC c o n n e c t i n g SPC t o SPC a 
SPC r u n n i n g SPC ESC b C-b n SPC a l r e a d y 
\ DEL - ESC \ C-e e m a c s RET ESC x r e p o r t - 
e m a c s - b TAB RET

Recent messages:
Mark set [2 times]
GNU Emacs 23.0.60.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9) of 2008-11-03 on debian
Mark set
Partially completed
History item: 1 [2 times]
will browse netscape-style, using firefox as the exe
Note: file is write protected
When done with a buffer, type C-x #
History item: 1
Mark set [2 times]

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Message #10 received at 1307-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Eric Hanchrow <offby1 <at> blarg.net>
Cc: 1307-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; emacsclient from inferior shell gives *ERROR*: Terminal type "dumb" is not powerful enough to run Emacs
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:17:29 -0500

> $ cd /usr/local/src/emacs-via-git/src/
> $ ./emacs -nw -Q
> M-x server-start RET
> M-x shell RET
> $ /usr/local/src/emacs-via-git/lib-srs/emacsclient /etc/passwd RET
>
> I see *ERROR*: Terminal type "dumb" is not powerful enough to run Emacs

Fixed, thanks.

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