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Re: Screen has odd blank out behaviour
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Trent W. Buck |
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Re: Screen has odd blank out behaviour |
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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:41:22 +1000 |
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Ed Wagner <address@hidden> writes:
> [a long, confusing post]
I'm sorry, Ed, but I just couldn't understand that post.
Please answer the following questions *separately*:
1) what are the steps to reproduce the problem?
2) what happens when you follow the steps in (1)?
3) what do you want/expect to happen when you follow the steps in (1)?
In your previous post you have mixed up the answers with
- your guesses as to what the problem is;
- what references you consulted; and
- your attempts to fix the problem
These data get in the way when we're trying to understand what the
problem *is* (the first three questions). It's like going to your
doctor and saying "I need this leg amputated" (your guess) instead of
"my knee make a funny cracking noise when I bend over" (the problem).
By all means give your guesses, but do that *after* answering the first
three questions.
Here's an example of a good report:
From Terminal.app in OS X, I ssh to a Debian Etch server and run
screen there. In screen if I then run less(1), when I quit less the
screen is cleared -- I just get a shell prompt at the top of the
screen. I want it to go back to showing the shell output from before
I ran less. For example, if I ran "ls -l" before I ran "less", I
expect the ls output to be displayed again when I quit less.
This problem also happens if I connect to the Debian server from an
Ubuntu 8.04 laptop using xterm or gnome-terminal. It also happens if
I run "emacs" instead of "less".
The problem goes away if I just ssh to the server and run less or
emacs straight away (without starting screen), the problem goes away.
The problem still happens if I remove my .screenrc on both OS X and on
the Debian server. I'm starting a new screen session each time, not
using "screen -R" to reconnect to an old one.
I looked at the screen manual and the mailing list archive, but I
couldn't work out how to fix this. I tried putting "autonuke off" in
my .screenrc on the Debian server, but it didn't help.
References: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
German translation: http://www.tty1.net/smart-questions_de.html
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