Re: Frozen or locked screen?

[Juergen Weigert]

On Jul 16, 08 18:59:04 +0530, Pandurangan R S wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My screen looks to be frozen. screen -x (or screen -d) also gets stuck.
> 
> I recently saw a thread which talks about accidentally locking the
> screen and thinking it is frozen.
> Is the case with my screen now? If so, how can i unlock it?


> 
> If I strace the screen process, I observe the following. Any hints?
> 
> Process 15342 attached - interrupt to quit
> pause()                                 = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (To be restarted)
> --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> alarm(0)                                = 0
> kill(6866, SIG_0)                       = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0x806a540, [], 0}, {0x806a540, [], 0}, 8) = 0
> alarm(15)                               = 0

Process id 6866 is your screen master process. 
Please show a trace of this one.

        cheers,
                Jw.

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