>>>>> Mark <i...@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> writes:
[Cross-posting to news:comp.os.linux.misc.]
> I am logging into a remote system via SSH using putty. When I try to
> run 'screen' on the remote system I get the following error:
> $ screen -x
> Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/4' - please check.
> I have tried running putty with the '-t' option in the command line
> but it does not seem to make a difference. Could this be a putty
> issue?
Seems more like an issue with the remote system (e. g., /dev/pts
not mounted properly.) What do the following commands say?
$ id -un
$ ls -l -- "$(tty)" /proc/self/fd/0
$ ls -ld -- /dev/pts/
$ grep -F -- pts < /proc/mounts
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