Re: wall linux command not working?

Hi,

Well my test user is actually my own user - the one that I use for my
day-to-day activity.
And I send messages with root.
Yes I use the default /etc/screenrc file provided by Debian, but I have a
custom .screenrc file in my home directory, but it is fairly simple.

/v

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 03:11:54AM EST, Vladimir Todorov wrote:
>
> I've run out of ideas..
>
> > | $ screen -v
> > | Screen version 4.01.00devel (GNUa6eea7b) 2-May-06
>
> OK. Naturally, my assumption was that some patch or other might have
> introduced a bug in this area. All the same, may be worth taking a peek
> at the patch history..?
>
> Are you using the default screen settings as provided by debian in
> /etc/screenrc + the hardcoded stuff - IOW.. do you (your test user) have
> a ~/.screenrc?
>
> I was thinking of listing the options that are on/off in my setup so you
> could compare with yours.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a way to do that in GNU/screen..
> and if so how it's done.. a bit like the ‘:set’ command with no option
> specified in Vim.
>
> Would anyone know the answer to that question?
>
> Otherwise, I find that GNU/screen's behavior is somewhat unclear/erratic
> in the messaging area:
>
> When I have a screen session with... say twenty... windows, and I wall
> a message from the superuser, I find that the message does not appear on
> some of the windows/pts while it does appear on others.. which can be
> a bit of a nuisance since you have to do a CTRL_L to get rid of the
> message.
>
> Not sure if it's possible, but wouldn't it make better sense that only
> the ‘active’ window gets the message?
>
> Is GNU/screen actually trying to do just that... and making a mess of
> things?
>
> Might be worth taking a look at what wall is doing, using gdb or strace
> and see if anything transpires that end..?
>
> In any event, I'd say it's definitely worth sending a bug report to the
> maintainer.. see if he can recreate.. On a multi-user system not being
> able to send a message for all to see does not strike me a healthy
> situation.
>
> CJ
>
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