Re: screen refusing to reattach

On Apr 15, 05 11:46:00 +0200, Joakim Ahlén wrote:
> > > * Run screen -d -r, which hangs. Leave it hanging.
> > > * Start up another SSH session, and su to root
> > > * Find the PID of the SCREEN-process (with capitals), and 
> > run "strace 
> > > -p [pid of SCREEN] 2>/dev/null"
> > 
> > what would strace print when not redirecting to /dev/null?
> > I could imagine it hangs in a write() or read(), right?
> > 
> 
> No, the strace doesn't hang. Directly when starting strace, the hanged
> "screen -d -r" gets unlocked and works fine. This makes strace print what
> usually is printed if you strace a normal screen-process. Lots of system
> calls. 

Okay. So I am perhaps on the wrong track.
Please show us how the strace output starts, when it happens again.

        cheers,
                Jw.

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