Re: [screen-devel] GNU screen on Debian 9.0 runs with root account only

[Amadeusz Sławiński]

On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 20:53:50 +0200
Axel Beckert <address@hidden> 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