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.
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Cheers, Ralph.
