Martin: 'It's quite obvious what the problem is though, /var/run/screen wasn't created at install time... right?'
Not so obvious to me. The error message shows that screen tries to create this directory, but simply can't. Looks very similar to bug #13143, which was supposed to be solved in Hoary. Is your /var/run mounted as a tmpfs ? -- Can't run screen in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172651 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
