From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 26 23:47:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D6E16A420 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:47:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from willmaier@ml1.net) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36DE443D8F for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:46:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from willmaier@ml1.net) Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDC83D33434 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:46:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.151]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:46:53 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: OsxFyEvazVN80tz4Vv3ipUtWbeBeWzMwFRSJ3FJfpoHQ 1138319212 Received: from localhost (mdsnwikwbas08-pool4-a199.mdsnwikw.tds.net [69.129.195.199]) by frontend2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CBAD5714A5 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:46:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:46:52 -0600 From: Will Maier To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060126234652.GH1940@merkur.atekomi.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: Re: "screen" alternative X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:47:24 -0000 On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 09:25:51PM +0100, Grzegorz Danecki wrote: > I'm running 5.4 Stable and I'm looking for something, that can let > me detach my session leaving my software running. First thought - > "screen", but hey, there is no screen package in ports collection > :( Google says something that it was removed due to high cpu > utilization few releases ago. Is this true? FreeBSD does not distribute a compiled binary package for screen, but you are welcome to compile your own. If you have the ports system installed (as you probably do), just do the following: cd /usr/ports/misc/screen sudo make install That should install screen. If you have questions about the ports system, read the manpage or the FreeBSD handbook. > Are there any alternatives? Because as I can remember screen was > frequently used and highly appreciated application. screen works fine on FreeBSD -- the package building process just doesn't make it possible for FreeBSD to provide a pre-compiled version. As I said, you're welcome to compile your own. It's the first thing I do when I set up a new system. -- o--------------------------{ Will Maier }--------------------------o | jabber:..wcmaier@jabber.ccc.de | email:..........wcmaier@ml1.net | | \.........wcmaier@cae.wisc.edu | \..........wcmaier@cae.wisc.edu | *------------------[ BSD Unix: Live Free or Die ]------------------*