18 Feb
2023
18 Feb
'23
1:50 a.m.
Hi Storm,
Also, interestingly, screen gives an error when I launch it now. It did not used to do this, but it flashes up an error that I can't review because it's gone as quickly as it appears.
screen(1) details a ‘lastmsg’ command, e.g. ‘Ctrl-A : lastmsg’, though it may be the last message isn't the interesting one which has disappeared.
I have checked and all the /dev/vcs stuff is there. It even seems to have the correct permissions and ownership. Here is a sample:
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 7, 1 Feb 15 18:30 /dev/vcs1
Does something simple like this work on a VT? tty sudo cat /dev/vcs1 with ‘1’ replaced as appropriate. -- Cheers, Ralph.