Follow-up Comment #3, bug #51402 (project screen):
I checked with 4.6.0 as well. My .screenrc is empty.
Old versions of screen went well with just "-d" but more recent version need
"-dm" indeed.
Repro (screen from debian/experimental):
winter@testlar:~$ aptitude versions screen
p 4.2.1-3+deb8u1 oldstable
500
p 4.5.0-6 stable
550
p 4.5.0-6bfw1 testing
550
p 4.5.1-4 unstable
210
i 4.6.0-1 experimental
100
winter@testlar:~$ screen -v
Screen version 4.06.00 (GNU) 28-Jun-17
winter@testlar:~$ screen -dm sleep 999
winter@testlar:~$ screen -Q info
^C
winter@testlar:~$ screen -ls
There are screens on:
24943..lar-queryA (07/07/17 10:01:00) (Dead ???)
24943..lar (07/07/17 10:01:00) (Dead ???)
Remove dead screens with 'screen -wipe'.
2 Sockets in /run/screen/S-winter.
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