Try this quick start:
$ screen <in the screen> $ ls -al / <in the screen> Ctrl+A d $ screen -r <see :), you're back to you screen>
Put this into you ~/.screenrc to get fancy colours. At least you'll see what is happening.
hardstatus alwayslastline
hardstatus string '%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B}%Y-%m-%d %{W}%c %{g}]'
# Default screens
screen -t shell1 0
screen -t shell2 1
screen -t server 2 ssh me@myserver
Move process to screen
- Suspend the process with Ctrl+Z.
- Resume the process in the background with bg.
- Disown the process with disown %1.
- Launch a screen session with screen.
- Find the PID of the process using pgrep.
- Use reptyr to take over the process reptyr.