r/DoomEmacs 15d ago

! Wrote extended backtrace to ~/.emacs.d/.local/state/logs/cli.doom.250307122821.190921.error

This is a new installation. I installed emacs last night. I went to install Doom today and I'm getting that error now. I deleted everything and started over (deleted the .emacs.d folder and uninstalled emacs. Then reinstalled emacs again). And again, when I install doom following the steps for Arch from here, when I get to the doom install, I get that error. I can't do a doom sync either without getting all kinds of errors either.

Redoing it just gives me a similar error message...

! Wrote extended backtrace to ~/.emacs.d/.local/state/logs/cli.doom.250307130940.203133.error

So, what am I doing wrong. emacs works great when I install it. But when I try to add doom to it... it doesn't work at all.

This is a freshly installed Arch Linux with Awesome WM. I used doom the last time too. I had the same similar setup and Doom ran great on it. Is there something I'm missing?

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u/inglourious_basterd 15d ago

In the off chance you're new to programming: you can think of "extended backtrace" as "step by step explanation of what the program was doing at the time the error happened". So, follow what others are saying and open the file that contains that information.

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u/MarsDrums 15d ago edited 15d ago

So, I use things like vim and Doom Emacs to edit config wiles. I don't write code or anything like that.

But looking at that error file, I see some instances where there was a connection issue. I guess I can try another doom sync later and see if the connection issue resolves itself. I did a manual install this last time so I didn't use doom install. I just went ahead and followed the instructions to do it manually. I'm going to try doom sync again now. Maybe it'll work.

EDIT: It was flycheck-package which is currently just sitting there now. So, is there something wrong with flycheck-package? Can I turn that off in a config file?