Running detached FreeBSD client

[c0bra]

Hey guys,

I just joined up and I'm trying to run the FreeBSD client on a detached screen so I can leave it be but check up on it every now and then.

Has anyone done this successfully? Right now I have to start the screen, run foldit and then detach it instead of just running it all on one line, i.e.: screen -m -d foldit It's still hit and miss, sometimes I accidently close it and it says all data was lost, which sucks I suppose.

Thanks

[beefdart]

i run it with screen all the time...

screen ./foldit in a terminal works fine, I usually just close the window... to bring it back with just one do screen -x

but yeah enough rambling screen works fine in FreeBSD

[Scoofy12]

I do screen ./foldit on my linux box and it works great. I also do screen -m -d ./foldit to start detached as you mentioned. this is on linux, but should work on BSD too... how are you detaching and reattaching? I do ^AD and screen -r but there are other ways... what problems are you having?

[c0bra]

I just tried that and it worked, interesting because it didn't before.

I think maybe it has something to do with other screens running.

[c0bra]

Originally posted by c0bra
I just tried that and it worked, interesting because it didn't before.

I think maybe it has something to do with other screens running.

Well it WAS just detaching the screen and not running foldit. There would just be a prompt and foldtrajlite wouldn't be running.

[Scoofy12]

maybe you needed the ./ if . wasnt in your path?

[c0bra]

Originally posted by Scoofy12
maybe you needed the ./ if . wasnt in your path?

No it failed with the ./ as well.