Hi, Well my test user is actually my own user - the one that I use for my day-to-day activity. And I send messages with root. Yes I use the default /etc/screenrc file provided by Debian, but I have a custom .screenrc file in my home directory, but it is fairly simple.
/v On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Chris Jones <cjns1...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 03:11:54AM EST, Vladimir Todorov wrote: > > I've run out of ideas.. > > > | $ screen -v > > | Screen version 4.01.00devel (GNUa6eea7b) 2-May-06 > > OK. Naturally, my assumption was that some patch or other might have > introduced a bug in this area. All the same, may be worth taking a peek > at the patch history..? > > Are you using the default screen settings as provided by debian in > /etc/screenrc + the hardcoded stuff - IOW.. do you (your test user) have > a ~/.screenrc? > > I was thinking of listing the options that are on/off in my setup so you > could compare with yours. > > Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a way to do that in GNU/screen.. > and if so how it's done.. a bit like the ‘:set’ command with no option > specified in Vim. > > Would anyone know the answer to that question? > > Otherwise, I find that GNU/screen's behavior is somewhat unclear/erratic > in the messaging area: > > When I have a screen session with... say twenty... windows, and I wall > a message from the superuser, I find that the message does not appear on > some of the windows/pts while it does appear on others.. which can be > a bit of a nuisance since you have to do a CTRL_L to get rid of the > message. > > Not sure if it's possible, but wouldn't it make better sense that only > the ‘active’ window gets the message? > > Is GNU/screen actually trying to do just that... and making a mess of > things? > > Might be worth taking a look at what wall is doing, using gdb or strace > and see if anything transpires that end..? > > In any event, I'd say it's definitely worth sending a bug report to the > maintainer.. see if he can recreate.. On a multi-user system not being > able to send a message for all to see does not strike me a healthy > situation. > > CJ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > screen-users mailing list > screen-users@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users >
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