Re: Using screen if I don't have access to /dev?

On 8/6/07, Jean Jordaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Javier > > > Which operating system? > > Linux 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Oct 6 06:28:26 CDT 2006 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > In linux, you must mount devpts filesystem > > in order to get pseudo-terminals in /dev/pts directory.

Re: Using screen if I don't have access to /dev?

Hi Javier > > They moved me from a jailshell to a normal shell (which I much > > appreciated) > Oh, this is a new information. It is posible that you was in > a restricted environment (chroot or similar), without access > to a /dev/pts directory I only realised I was in a jail after they told me.

Re: Weird issue trying to detach/reattach (screen "hangs")

> Finally I ran an strace -p on the parent SCREEN process, and suddenly > everything just began magically working again! > > Does anyone know what exactly happened here? I don't know what happened, but I appreciate the report of a possible workaround. Hanging sessions and inability to reattach

Re: Using screen if I don't have access to /dev?

Hi Javier > Which operating system? Linux 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Oct 6 06:28:26 CDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > In linux, you must mount devpts filesystem > in order to get pseudo-terminals in /dev/pts directory. Check /etc/fstab [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~]# cat /etc/fstab | grep pts

escape chars in prompt: screen freezes on hp-ux, works on linux

Hello, I've to work on a machine which sets PS1='\[\033]0;\h\007\033[0;[EMAIL PROTECTED] \[\033[0;35m\]$(date "+%H:%M%d/%m/%y") \[\033[0;34m\w\033[0m\]\n> ' in .bashrc - I'ts not mine, so I cannot change that. This works as expected on Linux (openSuSE 10.2) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> screen --versi