unable to exit screen

tkmsr · 11-16-2010, 02:48 AM

Code:

screen -ls

shows me

Code:

There are screens on:
        5072.pts-3.server    (Monday 15 November 2010 09:46:52  IST) (Attached)
        22276.pts-3.server   (Monday 15 November 2010 09:13:09  IST) (Detached)
2 Sockets in /var/run/screen/S-root.

but when I do

Code:

screen -r 5072.pts-3.server

then I get

Code:

screen -r 5072.pts-3.server
There is a screen on:
        5072.pts-3.server    (Monday 15 November 2010 09:46:51  IST) (Attached)
There is no screen to be resumed matching 5072.pts-3.server.

and when I do an exit and do

Code:

screen -ls

again I see

Code:

There are screens on:
        5072.pts-3.server    (Monday 15 November 2010 09:46:52  IST) (Attached)
        22276.pts-3.server   (Monday 15 November 2010 09:13:09  IST) (Detached)
2 Sockets in /var/run/screen/S-root.

is there is a cleaner way to exit rather than doing a ps and kill.

colucix · 11-16-2010, 03:08 AM

The session you're trying to resume is already attached (maybe to another terminal or on a remote machine), hence it cannot be resumed. You can either terminate the session from the attached terminal or eventually terminate it using screen itself:

Code:

screen -X -S 5072.pts-3.server quit

The command you send to the screen session (quit in my example) can be any command as listed in the section "DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS" of the screen man page. Hope this helps.

tkmsr · 11-16-2010, 03:51 AM

Yes this makes sense.