RE: emacs hangs entering password

[Mehul Choube]

>The prompt is exactly, as you have replied, "$"? Without a space as in
"$ "?
>
>Then we have a problem. What is this machine, pinky? Which operating
system?

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pinky [1]: vi ~/.cshrc
pinky [2]:
pinky [2]: exec env ENV='' PROMPT_COMMAND='' PS1=\$\  PS2='' PS3=''
/bin/sh
$ uname -a
Linux pinky 2.6.9-78.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jul 9 15:46:26 EDT 2008 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ 

There is a space after '$'. Sorry my mistake.