Always need to enter password again

[Volker Wysk]

Am Samstag, den 12.10.2019, 20:22 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> Am Samstag, den 12.10.2019, 12:39 -0500 schrieb C de-Avillez:
> > 
> > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 12:12 Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de>
> > wrote:
> > > You're right. I don't use it that often. But sometimes I have a
> > > long-
> > > running job which I don't want to do in a terminal window. When I
> > > check
> > > the progress, I need to switch to the virtual console and back.
> > > It
> > > just
> > > happened to happen a few times recently. Not sure any longer what
> > > it
> > > was precisely.
> > 
> > You can use byobu for long-running shell sessions. Or just tmux, or
> > screen, but I personally prefer byobu *over* tmux to  just tmux or
> > screen. It will survive logoffs. 
> 
> I've read about byobu and tried it a bit. Looks fancy, suitable for
> sophisticated users. It seems like overkill for my needs. I just
> start
> a new terminal window, when I need another terminal.
> 
> And, I'm an xterm user. I've configured it to accept additional key
> combinations for editing the command line. For instance, 
> ctrl-backspace will delete the word left of the cursor. It looks like
> byobu uses the gnome terminal, which doesn't support the additional
> key
> combos.

P.S.: I've tried with starting byobu from within an xterm (instead of
AS a terminal), but this doesn't support my key bindings, either.

Volker