GNU Screen Nits

Q: The GNU screen is not reponsive, seems like blocked A: Try Ctrl-A q, which is the sequence to unblock scrolling. Ctrl-A s is the sequence that blocks scrolling, which makes screen seem like it freezes. Also replace Ctrl with whatever your escape key is for screen commands.

With a great deal of experimentation, I was able to recover the screen session as follows:

Lookup the PID of the server screen process: ps | grep screen
Send the server a HUP signal: kill -1 <PID>
Run a screen client: screen -r -d

Reread the configuration file without exiting screen

ctrl-a : source ~/.screenrc

Allow mousewheel to handle the scrollbar in screen

Scroll up

bindkey -d "^[[5S" eval copy "stuff 5\025" bindkey -m "^[[5S" stuff 5\025 # Scroll down bindkey -d "^[[5T" eval copy "stuff 5\004" bindkey -m "^[[5T" stuff 5\004 # Scroll up more bindkey -d "^[[25S" eval copy "stuff \025" bindkey -m "^[[25S" stuff \025 # Scroll down more bindkey -d "^[[25T" eval copy "stuff \004" bindkey -m "^[[25T" stuff \004 #This override creates problem in vim shortcuts don’t work. bindkey ^. prev # previous window bindkey ^/ next # next window

Other hardstatus string options

" [ %H ] %{wb} %c:%s | %d.%m.%Y %{wr} Load: %l %{wb} %w " '%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{= kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B} %M/%d %{W}%c %{g}]' "%{.bW}%-w%{.rW}%n %t%{-}% w %=%{..G} %H %{..Y} %m/%d %C%a " '%{= kg}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{= kw}%?%-Lw%?%{=b kR}(%{W}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{=b kR})%{= kw}%?% Lw%?%?%= %{g}]%{=b C}[ %d %M %c ]%{W}' '%{= mK}%-Lw%{= KW}%50>%n%f* %t%{= mK} %+Lw%< %{= kG}%-=%D %d %M %Y %c:%s%{-}' " [ %H ] %{wb} %c:%s | %d.%m.%Y %{wr} Load: %l %{wb} %w " "%{rW}rkks ==>%{yk} %-w%{gk}[%n %t]%{yk}%+w %{bW} -|%|- Host:%H"

http://aperiodic.net/screen/interface