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---
title: "Screen cannot open terminal error"
date: 2018-07-03
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description: How to fix a "Screen cannot open terminal" error
tags:
- toolbox
- unix
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---
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## The problem
At my current workplace there are die hard screen fanatics that refuse to upgrade to tmux. Sometimes I get the following error :
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{{< highlight sh >}}
Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/0' - please check.
{{< /highlight >}}
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## The solution
This error means that you did not open the shell with the user you logged in with. You can make screen happy by running :
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{{< highlight sh >}}
script /dev/null
{{< /highlight >}}
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In this new environment your screen commands will work normally.