Thanks for your feedback. Like I said, this happens only sometimes, so I will try out your suggestion the next time this happens and report back.
Best, Mandar. Sadrul Habib Chowdhury wrote (Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 01:23:16PM -0400): > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Mandar Mitra <mandar.mi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm facing the following strange problem with screen. > > > > My .xinitrc / .xsession has the following line: > > > > (/usr/bin/xterm -geometry 80x46+1440-0 -T 2.1 -n 2.1 -e screen -m &) > > > > *Sometimes*, when I log in to an X session, the xterm started above > > is blank, with only a "[" (black fg, red bg) in the first position (upper > > left-hand corner). In this condition, no commands seem to work. > > When in this state, can you run 'screen -ls' from another terminal, > and see if it lists an existing session (as > 'Dead'/'Detached'/'Attached')? I am thinking maybe xterm starts screen > before it has the specified geometry, and doesn't send screen a > size-changed signal, or it does send the signal but screen ignores it. > Could you try the version from git and see if you continue to see this > problem? > > Sadrul > > _______________________________________________ > screen-users mailing list > screen-users@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users > This mail is scanned by Ironport > > This mail is scanned by Ironport _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users