The GNU screen is unresponsive, seems blocked

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sirus picture sirus · Dec 6, 2010 · Viewed 53.8k times · Source

GNU Screen seems to freeze. Unable to enter user input.

I was using GNU screen and when I pressed the screen it became unresponsive. I can execute all the GNU screen commands, but can't enter user input. I don't want to kill this screen as I have important work and I don't want to lose it.

Answer

wkl picture wkl · Dec 6, 2010

In the commands below, replace Ctrl with whatever your escape key is for screen commands.

Try Ctrl+a q, which is the sequence to unblock scrolling.

Ctrl+a s is the sequence that blocks scrolling, which makes screen seem like it freezes.

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