Re: open fifo xxx: No such device or address

>>>>> "AM" == Alvaro Martínez <[email protected]> writes:

AM> Every time I try to start screen, I receive the error
AM> "open fifo /home/alvaro/.screen/698.pts-1.slackberry: No such device or
AM> address"

What does:

    :; mount | grep ' / '

report?

It is possible that it is mounted with something like nodev.

Does the /home/alvaro/.screen directory exist?

To avoid the issue entirely, you could mount a tmpfs or ramfs at
${HOME}/.screen to keep the fifo local.  As a side benefit you won't
have any stale fifos to clean up after any crashes. :-/

Or specify a different home for screen files, under a local filesystem.

-JimC
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