Ubuntu
screen package

  1. Bug #600999
  2. Comment #1

Comment 1 for bug 600999

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Ian! D. Allen (idallen) wrote :

I've been having the same problem with 10.04 and now with 10.10.
Resume is intermittent. It works if I try long enough. See below.
The Debian bugs list shows screen has been updated:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=477739
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507817

I don't think Ubuntu picked up that new version of screen.

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick

$ uname -a
Linux idallen-oak.home.idallen.ca 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:45:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ screen -v
Screen version 4.00.03jw4 (FAU) 2-May-06

$ screen -list
There are screens on:
 17522.pts-31.idallen-oak (11/08/10 11:07:54) (Detached)
 16917.pts-2.idallen-oak (11/08/10 11:07:33) (Attached)
2 Sockets in /var/run/screen/S-idallen.

$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
Screen password: <deliberately gave wrong password so I could continue>
Password incorrect.
$ screen -r
Screen password: <deliberately gave wrong password so I could continue>
Password incorrect.
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
Screen password: <deliberately gave wrong password so I could continue>
Password incorrect.
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
WriteMessage: Bad file descriptor
$ screen -r
Screen password:
...etc...