On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:28:09AM +0200, Didier Wiroth wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to migrate from screen to tmux. May be I'm to tired ... > but, I've been trying to detach from a tmux session without success, > using "CTRL-b + d" results in exiting the session not detaching it. > (I'm holding "CTRL and B", and the I press D", I have to press ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > several times as nothing happens and after a few times the session > is of course excited, like if I wouldn't hold the B key ... :-/ )
You should: - press and hold Ctrl - press and release b (not B) - release Ctrl - press and release d It sounds like you are trying to hit three keys at once, which doesn't work (reliably). Joachim