On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 20:53:50 +0200 Axel Beckert <a...@deuxchevaux.org> wrote:
> Hi Oscar, > > On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 08:27:21PM +0200, Oscar Barreca wrote: > > Subject: GNU screen on Debian 9.0 runs with root account only > > This doesn't seem to be a general issue as it works fine as user as > well as root for me on Debian 9. Also there is no such (generic) bug > reports in Debian about such a rather severe sounding issue. > > > I'll be short and to the point. > > Being short in bug reports usually won't help. Please be verbose. > > > I will not provide any other information because I have already shared them > > on SuperUser. This is the post <https://superuser.com/q/1223015/539790> I > > opened several weeks ago when I encountered this unexpected behavior > > ("bug") for the first time. If you think the whole Internet community can > > benefit from hearing your solution to this very specific issue, I encourage > > you to post a reply on SuperUser. > > Have you checked the currently open bug reports about Screen in > Debian? https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=screen;dist=stable > > For example is there a relation to https://bugs.debian.org/854414? > That would the same thing someone pointed in the SuperUser post on > 26th of June without obvious reaction from you. ("I tinkered with the > $TERM-like variables" is not really verbose. Please tell, which values > you tried and with which result.) > > > Further, if you need more information about my setup, feel free to > > ask it directly or on the SuperUser post. > > Have you tried to remove or rename your .screenrc and tried it without > it? Have you modified the global /etc/screenrc? > > Have you SELinux enabled? > > Which terminal or terminal emulator(s) are you using? > > Kind regards, Axel (Debian screen package maintainer who reads screen-devel) Hi, can you provide strace for failing screen session startup? Cheers, Amadeusz
