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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:57:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: "Karsten M. Self" <kmself AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: screen
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Karsten M. Self wrote:

> on Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 11:25:20AM +0200, Cant (cant_reed AT yahoo DOT com) wrote:
> > How come when i use screen and i want to detach the screen then re-attach it
> > again it says this...
> >
> > $ screen -r
> > There is a screen on:
> > There is no screen to be resumed.
> > $ ps x
> >       PID    PPID    PGID     WINPID  TTY  UID    STIME COMMAND
> >      3264       1    3264       3264    ? 1012 11:21:33
> > /home/Cant/screen-3.9.15/screen
> >      3276    3264    3276       3232    1 1012 11:21:34 /usr/bin/tcsh
> >       212    3276     212        340    1 1012 11:21:40 /usr/bin/links
> >      1556    3520    1556       1580    0 1012 11:22:43 /usr/bin/tcsh
> >      1576    1556    1576       2072    0 1012 11:23:23 /usr/bin/ps
> > $
> >
> > the links is in the screen session and i cant re-attach it in order to get
> > back to it... ]; any ideas?
>
> I'd love to have your problem.  Where'd  you find 'screen'?
>
> Try 'screen -ls' to list currently active screen sessions.  It's
> possible that the cygwin port is borked.
>
> Peace.

There is no Cygwin port (or an official package) of screen.  I posted a
patch a while ago that would make it compile (and sort of run).  It's
possible that screen relies on some features that aren't portable.
	Igor
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