[Lxc-users] Exiting container inside a screen session

Lars Kellogg-Stedman lars at oddbit.com
Fri Feb 1 21:05:13 UTC 2013


> As you may know, screen overrides the shortcut Ctrl-a for it's own
> commands. I accidentally lxc-console'd into a container inside screen, and
> now I can't get out of it using Ctrl-a q since screen is intercepting this.
>
> Any tips?

You can redefine the key that screen uses for command activation.  Type
'^A:' to get to the screen command prompt, and then enter:

    escape ^Bb

Now ^B is your escape key.

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Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars at oddbit.com>






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