El Lunes, 8 de Enero de 2007 19:42, Nigel Henry escribió: > On Sunday 07 January 2007 23:44, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Sunday 07 January 2007 23:25, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: > > > El Domingo, 7 de Enero de 2007 23:20, Nigel Henry escribió: > > > > On Sunday 07 January 2007 23:29, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 19:40 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > > > > On Sunday 07 January 2007 18:24, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: > > > > > > > El Domingo, 7 de Enero de 2007 18:09, Nigel Henry escribió: > > > > > > > > I can ssh into my other machine ok, and can edit files, etc, > > > > > > > > which is no problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What I would like to do is to have access to what is > > > > > > > > currently displayed on the CLI (Konsole) on machine B. As an > > > > > > > > example. I run apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade on > > > > > > > > machine B, which runs to completion. The history is still on > > > > > > > > the CLI. I now need to post the history from the CLI on > > > > > > > > machine B to a mailing list. The email client (Kmail) is on > > > > > > > > machine A. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to display the history that's on the CLI on > > > > > > > > machine B on machine A, so that I can simply highlight the > > > > > > > > text, then paste it to Kmails composer on machine A? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Both machines are next to one another, but at the moment I > > > > > > > > have to save the CLI history on machine B as a text file, ssh > > > > > > > > into B from A, and use nano to display the text file, before > > > > > > > > I can highlight, and paste the text into Kmails composer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > > > screen screen screen screen screen, did I write screen? ;-) > > > > OK. Give me a bit of slack here. You quoted as below. > > > > Definetly, run a screen on machine B and work as usual, then ssh from A > > to B and run screen -RD. > > It will work from now on!! :-) > > > > I've only been working with Linux since 2003, and have lots to learn. > > > > What do I need to do to run screen on machine B? > > > > Nigel. > > Hi Manuel. Apologies for the "Give me a bit of slack" remark. It was late, > and I was tired. > > Screen works well on machine B, and after ssh'ing into machine B from > machine A screen -RD displays B's Konsole on A, but Konsole on B is closed > for some reason. I havn't used screen before, so perhaps this is normal. > > Unfortunately screen would not have worked for my original situation. I had > already run apt-get update, and apt-get dist-upgrade on machine B, and this > had run to completion of the upgrades. If I had then run screen, followed > by apt-get update, and apt-get dist-upgrade, the output on Konsole would > have been different, as the upgrades had already been done. > > Thanks all the same for the "screen" suggestion. it would be nice if there > was a way to open KDE's Konsole in screen mode, rather than having to open > Konsole, and type screen everytime you use it, just in case there might be > some output you want to have accessable on the other machine. > > Thanks Manuel for your suggestion. > > Nigel. > Hi Nigel. Ok, besides that your problem could not be actually solved cause you did already the apt-get stuff... I would like you to point me out why screen wouldn't works for you, at least, in future similar problems. What's the difference between running apt-get (imagine the same sceneario) in a Konsole (KDE console) and running the same in a text terminal like the one you use when you connect via ssh? All the best! -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.