[gentoo-user] gnome-terminal & GNU screen

[gentoo-user] gnome-terminal & GNU screen

[Ward Poelmans]

Hi,

I've got a problem running screen in a gnome-terminal: all the usual
keystroks (for example: ^a c) don't work. When i press ctrl+a d, i
just get a d on the terminal. Screen works perfectly when i start it
in a xterm.
I haven't got a clue where to search for the problem. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Ward

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome-terminal & GNU screen

[Roger Mason]

Ward Poelmans <wpoely86@gmail.com> writes:

> I've got a problem running screen in a gnome-terminal: all the usual
> keystroks (for example: ^a c) don't work. When i press ctrl+a d, i
> just get a d on the terminal. Screen works perfectly when i start it
> in a xterm.
> I haven't got a clue where to search for the problem. Any ideas?

I don't know anything about gnome-terminal, but it may be grabbing
keystrokes.  There is probably a config file somewhere in your home
directory, or in a system directory that might throw light on the
matter.

Have you asked on the screen mailing list -- others may have run into
the same problem.

Roger

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome-terminal & GNU screen

[Steffen Loos]

Ward Poelmans schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a problem running screen in a gnome-terminal: all the usual
> keystroks (for example: ^a c) don't work. When i press ctrl+a d, i
> just get a d on the terminal. Screen works perfectly when i start it
> in a xterm.
> I haven't got a clue where to search for the problem. Any ideas?
I would assume gnome-terminal is eating your ctrl-a ;-) 

As workaround you can setup your own command-key in ~/.screenrc:

"escape ^Tt"

... and ctrl-t will work as ctrl-a before.


Steffen

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome-terminal & GNU screen

[Steffen Loos]

Steffen Loos schrieb:
> Ward Poelmans schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got a problem running screen in a gnome-terminal: all the usual
>> keystroks (for example: ^a c) don't work. When i press ctrl+a d, i
>> just get a d on the terminal. Screen works perfectly when i start it
>> in a xterm.
>> I haven't got a clue where to search for the problem. Any ideas?
> I would assume gnome-terminal is eating your ctrl-a ;-) 

you can have a look on your settings with:
"ssty -a" 

if ^A is set up to an action.


By the way: on my host screen is working as expected in gnome-terminal.

Steffen 

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome-terminal & GNU screen

[Ward Poelmans]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 12:20, Steffen Loos <fenlo@gmx.net> wrote:
> Steffen Loos schrieb:

>> I would assume gnome-terminal is eating your ctrl-a ;-)
>
> you can have a look on your settings with:
> "ssty -a"
>
> if ^A is set up to an action.

Using ^Tt as the default works, so ^Aa is getting eating by somebody
but i can't find who.
"stty -a" gives:
speed 38400 baud; rows 24; columns 80; line = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = M-^?; eol2 = M-^?;
swtch = M-^?; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = ^R; werase = ^W;
lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0;
-parenb -parodd cs8 hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal -crtscts
-ignbrk brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl ixon -ixoff
-iuclc ixany imaxbel iutf8
opost -olcuc -ocrnl onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0
isig icanon iexten echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echoprt
echoctl echoke

I can see nothing about ^A? Any idea how i can find who is eating ^A?

Thanks for the help!

Ward

[gentoo-user] Re: gnome-terminal & GNU screen

[Nicolas Sebrecht]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 12:28:16PM +0200, Ward Poelmans wrote:

> I can see nothing about ^A? Any idea how i can find who is eating ^A?

Maybe a gtk keybinding. You should check the keybindings everywhere in
the menu bar of gnome-terminal.

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht

[gentoo-user] Re: gnome-terminal & GNU screen

[Ward Poelmans]

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 21:25, Ward Poelmans <wpoely86@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've got a problem running screen in a gnome-terminal: all the usual
> keystroks (for example: ^a c) don't work. When i press ctrl+a d, i
> just get a d on the terminal. Screen works perfectly when i start it
> in a xterm.
> I haven't got a clue where to search for the problem. Any ideas?

A small follow up:
i've discoverd the source of the problem: the a en q key are switched.
When i use ^q everything works as it should. But i my screenrc it
says: "escape ^aa". My keyboard layout is azerty (using evdev & hal).
In every other program, ^a (select-all) works as it should. Any idea
why in gnome-terminal, ^a and ^q are switched?

Thanks,

Ward