On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 04:19:24PM +1100, Mary wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using screen on a remote host. > > At present, it is dying regularly: the connection suddenly 'freezes', > and a new login and screen -ls shows the old screen session as dead, and > suggests it be removed with screen -wipe. This is occuring about every > hour. > > Are there any noteable causes of this?
Basically your underlying pty is being logged out - since you'll actually be doing stuff in the other pty's that screen create's it'll appear idle to the system. Perhaps you have an autologout daemon running? Anand -- `` We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. '' -- Buddha, The Dhammapada -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
