screen fails to start

Bug #595898 reported by Dave Walker
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
screen (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Loïc Minier
Nominated for Maverick by Dave Walker

Bug Description

Binary package hint: screen

screen (4.0.3-14ubuntu3) - maverick

This version has re-introduced the issue of:
Cannot make directory '/var/run/screen': Permission denied

Following a:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/screen-cleanup restart

Screen then works as expected.

Interestingly, the following doesn't resolve it.
$ sudo restart screen-cleanup

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: screen 4.0.3-14ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-4.5-server 2.6.35-rc3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-4-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 18 12:08:55 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: screen

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Dave Walker (davewalker) wrote :
Changed in screen (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Dave Walker (davewalker) wrote :

Marking the bug as medium, as the work around isn't obvious.

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Dave Walker (davewalker) wrote :

Attached a branch with a fix.

Loïc Minier (lool)
Changed in screen (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Loïc Minier (lool)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package screen - 4.0.3-14ubuntu4

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screen (4.0.3-14ubuntu4) maverick; urgency=low

  * Fix typo in upstart job: "filesystem" rather than "filesystems";
    LP: #595898.
  * Remove debian/=screen.debhelper.log.
  * Add "task" to the upstart job as it isn't a service; also use "script"
    rather than "pre-start script" for clarity.
  * Use find -delete rather than find -print0 | xargs rm to avoid starting two
    processes.
  * Rewrite "if test foo || ! test bar" into "if [ foo ] || [ ! bar ]" for
    clarity.
 -- Loic Minier <email address hidden> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:12:51 +0200

Changed in screen (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Loïc Minier (lool) wrote :

I implemented a similar fix than Dave's concurrently; thanks for the branch though!

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote : Re: [Bug 595898] Re: screen fails to start

Dammit, sorry, this was my fault.

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