X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:23:10 -0500 From: Jason Tishler To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7 GNU screen freezing when disconnected Message-id: <20091218132310.GB1424@tishler.net> Mail-followup-to: cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline In-reply-to: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Karim, On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 07:05:49PM -0700, Karim Ali wrote: > Sometimes, I get disconnected from my host computer. When this > happens, I cannot reattach to the screen session when I can reconnect > via ssh, and my screen session on the host computer is completely > locked up. ctrl-q, ctrl-a K, doesn't do anything and I have to kill > screen and the program I was running in it. If you only need the reattach feature of screen, then I recommend trying dtach: http://dtach.sourceforge.net/ dtach builds OOTB and installs easily (it's just one file). I've been using it daily under Cygwin 1.5 for about 6 months without any problems. I tested it under Cygwin 1.7 and it seems to work well there too. I know the above doesn't help solve the screen reattach problem, but it does offer a very viable workaround. Hopefully, you and/or others will find dtach as useful as I have. Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple