Try moving .screenrc to .screenrc.bak. It could just be a corrupted config file.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 11:16 AM Storm Dragon <stormdragon2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy, > > I use the fenrir screen reader, and after updating yesterday, it will no > longer work in the console. I have tested it in a PTY, and it works fine > there, so it's not a change in the screen reader itself. Also, it is the > same version that was being used before the update. > > Also, interestingly, screen gives an error when I launch it now. It did > not used to do this, but it flashes up an error that I can't review > because it's gone as quickly as it appears. I probably wouldn't have > noticed it at all if it wasn't for speakup reading the error. So I'm > probably not spelling this exactly, but it sounds like it is saying: > > /home/storm/.screenrc expected character, x, or ioctl 38 > > The interesting part from the Fenrir log is, there are quite a few of > these errors: > > ERROR 2023-02-16 06:55:48.420559: VCSA:updateWatchdog:[Errno 6] No such > device or address > > I have checked and all the /dev/vcs stuff is there. It even seems to > have the correct permissions and ownership. Here is a sample: > > crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 1 Feb 15 18:30 /dev/vcs1 > > Does anyone have any idea what may be going on with this? Oh, and I'm > using Linux-lts: > > linux-lts 5.15.94-1 > > Thanks, > Storm > -- Sincerely, Matthew Blankenbehler