Comments on: Unlocking your SSH session after pressing ctrl+S

By: Maciek

Maciek — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:13:20 +0000

I suffered for years from the same problem, now I found the solution… Amazing how a simple keystroke can make life better :)

I used to work with Emacs, and I always do ctrl-A to jump to the beginning of line, and ctrl-D to delete a character. It happens too often to hit the key between these two…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:26:10 +0000

Thanks buddy!!

I too was facing the same issue , thanks again for your help!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:17:55 +0000

Great!
It annoyed me several times. Today I found your article.
It’s so nice now. :)

By: David Keech

David Keech — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:30:00 +0000

If you want to stop ctrl-s and ctrl-q working at all, put this in your .profile (or.bash_profile or whatever you use):

stty -ixon -ixoff

You can also run “stty -a” to see a list of control characters that your terminal supports.

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By: Gareth Gregor

Gareth Gregor — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:07:15 +0000

For years i have had this problem and for years ( like almost 10 ) i have thaught maybe i should see how to unlock it but never got around to it… Thank you.
P.s.: Nice drupal…

By: Philip Hofstetter

Philip Hofstetter — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:55:52 +0000

actually, Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q are not a feature of screen, but a feature of nearly any unix terminal emulation. I have no idea what these things were good for back when, but right now it’s nothing but annoying.

Then again knowing about Ctrl-Q and not telling my coworker makes me his hero here and then when I unlock his terminal. Just don’t tell him what I’m doing :-)

Philip