There is no ~/.screenrc. Using the same /etc/screenrc as the root account uses. ~jh On 03/23/2011 10:00 PM, Venkat Chandra wrote: > Perhaps your .screenrc got corrupted somehow? > > - Vee > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:34 PM, John Hawley<jhawley at hissingdragon.net> wrote: >> Can't figure out what's up with screen on one of my machines. >> >> jhawley at vulpix:~$ screen -S 1 ... and I get a blank screen with "New >> screen ..." at bottom for a few seconds. Screen appears to be running, but >> none of the Ctrl commands work. >> >> If I log in as root, it works fine. This is Ubuntu 10.4. >> >> What might be up? "screen" is such a generic name, its hard to google for. >> :/ >> >> ~jh >> _______________________________________________ >