Questions tagged [tmux]
tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
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Create a tmux session at startup before login as user (not root)
I'm hosting a small minecraft server for my friends on my home, and to make things easier for me, I wanted to make it so when i turn on the pc that is used as server, automatically starts the ...
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Tmux uses only one core
My situation
I want to run multiple R scripts on a Ubuntu server with which I connect via SSH. To run multiple R scripts I want to use tmux and one session for each run.
My problem
When I start one R ...
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All users getting "error creating /tmp//tmux-1003 (Permission denied)" when using tmux
tmux used to work, but i forgot exactly what I did on the server to cause all users to not being to use tmux. I'm getting the errors for 2 different users:
error creating /tmp//tmux-1003 (Permission ...
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Remap the tmux `C-b ]` paste clipboard shortcut key into another
How is correct way to remap/re-bind the tmux C-b ] paste clipboard shortcut key into another key sequence shortcut ?
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Perform mouse-scroll screen on tmux
After extremely painful struggle to manage to mouse-scroll in tmux, finally decide to use back the xterm together with
set mouse off
this's what found (in a forgot site)
set -g terminal-overrides '...
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Shell prompt in tmux session is much slower and sluggish
Why is it that in shell prompt in a tmux session, it is significantly slower and sluggish than plainly in terminal with bash? Even for just having a new line of prompt, i.e. hit Enter to execute ...
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tmux: Difference between bind and bind-key
What's difference in tmux between :
bind
bind-key
only the first works to address Control Spacebar, C-Space
Please clarify.
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Remap tmux prefix shortcut of control b
I tried to remap tmux prefix shortcut from control b to control / by
unbind-key C-b
set-option -g prefix C-/
bind-key C-/ send-prefix
but not fulfill the expectation, how is the correct way to ...
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tmux session must exit correctly on clicking close button
How can a tmux session exit correctly i.e. completely on the quit/exit by way of clicking terminal window's close button, as it'll keep the tmux session remains on its OS pid
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After enabling mouse in tmux(3.0a), How to use it to switch Pane or windows. I am using Conemu
I have enabled mouse option setting in conemu(version 220807 64 alpha) as well as on tmux(3.0a on remote system with Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS) but still not able to switch Panes or Windows with it.
If I use ...
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tmux inside a remote tmux
What happens if I remote login to a PC start tmux there and from there remote login to another pc and start tmux there?
I did it once, and when dettaching, it dettached from the first tmux.
Is there a ...
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Byobu prints out non-standard escape sequences at startup
I’m experiencing an issue with Byobu where non-standard escape sequences are being printed when I start a session. My prompt, which should display as andy@msi-ge62 ~, is surrounded by these sequences, ...
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Unable to access jarfile in a tmux session from startup
I have a script which starts a new tmux session and runs the Minecraft launch command like so:
#!/bin/bash
# Create a new session and run a command inside the session
tmux new-session -d -s mc
tmux ...
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Setting audio output level fails within tmux
I am following this question to set my volume levels from the command line. I need to be able to set the volume from within a tmux session (actually from a node process running in tmux).
When I run ...
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Copy & Paste: Scrollback Mode in tmux not working
I searched on ask Ubuntu and found a similar question but the solution is not working for me. Here's the link:
tmux copy mode not working in ubuntu16.04
With tmux I try to use the feature (Copy & ...
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How to edit .tmux.conf on wsl2 ubuntu?
I'm following a tutorial for learning tmux and can't find the .tmux.conf file in ~/.tmux.conf
is there a place i need to go to find it or create the file?
Also I'm running it on wsl2 if that changes ...
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How can I rejoin my existing tmux session - but if I don't have a session running, create a new one
I use tmux quite a bit, especially on remote servers that I connect to via SSH. I can start a new tmux session by simply running tmux, and I can re-connect to an existing session with tmux a. But, if ...
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qemu-system-riscv64 does not show full screen with ubuntu 22.04
I am using qemu-system-riscv64 for booting ubuntu 22.04 server image. I am executing qemu-system-riscv64 in a tmux session which is running on debian 11 "bullseye" (which I am accessing ...
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How to disable comment highlighting in vim?
I find myself on a new Ubuntu 22.04 machine running Vim 8.2, and I've found that all comments (in all languages) are highlighted, and it's driving me crazy.
Edit: This only happens when I'm in a tmux ...
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alt-shift-arrow shortcuts don't work in tmux anymore after upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04
I have tmux conf file that is using the M-S-Left/Right binding to move left/right in windows. After upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 these shortcuts has stopped working. Other tmux bindings still work. These ...
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Stop tmux new-session after opeing terminal each time
I am using tmux on Kubuntu 22.04.1 with ZSH terminal. I have oh-my-zsh with it.
I have enabled tmux plugin of oh-my-zsh.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
enable tmux plugin in oh-my-zsh.
copy-paste below code(I ...
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tmux on Ubuntu - how to copy/paste the entire terminal or multiple terminal pages?
Does anybody know how, in Ubuntu using tmux, to copy an entire terminal and/or copy multiple terminal pages?
The usual trick I use in the terminal in a non-tmux session is to scroll up to the top of ...
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tmux does not size down to smallest client
I updated to 3.4 and now when I have two different clients attached to one session it used to be, that the 'smallest' client would dictate the size. Now the client where you made the last input ...
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Comment character for ~/.byobu/windows.tmux file
Inserted the # hashmark character at the beginning of a line in ~/.byobu/windows.tmux.
Attempting to launch byobu results in error and it not launching at all.
user@machine ~ $ byobu
unknown command:...
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Error starting a tmuxinator session via systemd service on Ubuntu 18.04
I have a tmuxinator (note not tmux, tmuxinator) project running on Ubuntu 18.04 (running in headless/server mode). My tmuxinator project file is located in the default directory of /home/karsh/....
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Copy and paste in in Tmux and Vim: have we reach a consensus?
I am trying to use Tmux and Vim for better efficiency.
Unfortunately, there is a copy/paste issue, as it is not possible to use the Vim visual mode between two panes of Tmux.
Several methods have been ...
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Why is my Ubuntu server running many tmux server processes?
I'm running Ubuntu 21.04 on a Raspberry Pi 4B. I'm viewing top to monitor what's going on and it is showing at the moment 11 'tmux: server' processes. Tmux is running, showing one window containing ...
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Tmux History not preserved
I am facing an issue in which the commands that I run inside the tmux terminal are not found when I exit that tmux session. Can, anyone please help?
tmux - using this command to run tmux session
echo &...
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How to uninstall a theme from tmux while there is no tmux.conf?
I installed tmux on my ubuntu using apt install tmux and than
I cloned this theme repository from GitHub and just simply ran the theme script using ./tmux-power.tmux.
Now that I want to uninstall the ...
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How to remove index numbers and symbols from tmux window titles
This configuration removes index numbers and other symbols from tmux's window titles to prioritize readability. It results in the following format:
basePath/ -> at the terminal prompt
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How do I make a Bash script that opens tmux, runs multiple lines of commands, then detaches from tmux?
I’m trying to make a Bash script that opens tmux and runs a few lines of commands and then detach it so I end up in my terminal after it’s done. How do I solve it? Tried everything.
≈#!/bin/bash
cd ~/...
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SSH. Too many logins for Username. Why if i have logged only 2nd time and have tmux ssh in other servers tmux?
Logging just once in shh, after i lost wifi connection, that has 10 login limit i got
Too many logins for 'username'.
Last login: Thu May 6 17:06:43 2021 from 62.85.107.197
Connection to servername....
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Why is tmux session not shown in who command?
When on Debian I access via ssh and then open a new tmux session, detach it, I see them in the who command. Note: In both examples are 2 SSH connections to each server. Ubuntu is Ubuntu Server 20.04.
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Downgrade to tmux 2.1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
So I'm trying to set up Cloud9 with a new ubuntu instance and it requires tmux 2.1 or earlier and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to downgrade from this new 3.0 version to tmux 2.1.
Any ...
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Open 8 panes of TMUX and go to different directory in each one , and run a command in each pane?
Consider the code :
tmux new-session \; split-window -h \; split-window -v -p 66 \; split-window -v \; split-window -v \; select-pane -t 0 \; split-window -v -p 66 \; split-window -v -p 66 \; split-...
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processes came into halt and new started process halt as well
It seems that all my processes has been halted for ~ 4 hours at the time of the screenshot below, since I was running several machine learning experiments with tmux, and I found there has been no ...
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log everything from a byobu session
I am looking for a way how to preserve all console input and output of byobu sessions.
I am aware of these questions:
How to save scrollback history in byobu?
how can I log the session with byobu
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tmux errors running bash commands due to path
When I run $tmux and open an instance of a tmux session and try to run a command such as ls I receive the following error:
∆ ls
Command 'ls' is available in the following places
* /bin/ls
* /usr/bin/...
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How to fix malformed characters show up in tmux window from pressing specific keys?
On any tmux window, pressing keys such as "arrow up", and (only sometimes) "backspace", makes strange characters appear, such as the ones shown on the image.
In the case of arrow ...
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New tmux session which executes a script on startup
On startup, I want to have a new tmux session created which inside of that session changes directory and executes a bash script. How do I do this?
Cheers,
Tom
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tmux copy mode not working in ubuntu16.04
I want to copy the stdout in my tmux terminal, and I can't use mouse to copy because it will select to the other pane which I don't want it.
I goolge 'tmux copy' and found the solution as below :
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How to see live status changes of a systemctl service?
I have a service that is run via systemctl and I want to see its live status of changes when things change. I have a tmux window open for it and just wanted to get a running account when things change....
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Can't send ENTER key in Vim and ncurses apps under Byobu and Tmux
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 and got a strange problem with byobu, tmux, Vim and ncurses applications: Enter doesn't work, and I need to use CTRL+M instead.
For example, if I ...
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Start tmux with multiple tabs detached under a user on boot
I have the following line in my /etc/rc.local file which starts up tmux under the user "myuser" on boot. But now I want to add in a new tab to this tmux instance. What do I need to modify in ...
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Vim Mode copy-paste not working on Tmux
I am new at using Tmux. I have seen that it is quite difficult to copy-paste inside Tmux. So I searched for an easier method. Some sites suggested that I should use vim mode as I am quite familiar ...
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Bash is trying to run "_update_ps1" after every command, but only when in tmux
I have been working to change my statusline in bash from powerline-shell to the powerline bindings for bash.
It appeared like it worked but when I opened tmux, after every command I get the error:
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How to have a Universal autosuggestion for any code entered once in any zsh terminal
Suppose I type a set of commands in a particular pane of Tmux. The autosuggestion feature of Tmux recognizes and helps in that pane (terminal).
Let me say I started a new pane. The autosuggestion ...
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Can I have two sessions of tmux in separate panels?
Like in the title, I'm trying to get three sessions of tmux in separate panes, each for every game server I have
Ubuntu 19.04 x86_64 server
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Progressively resizing a pane, by keeping an arrow button pressed
When pressing CTRL + B, ← (or another arrow key) I am able to resize the current pane of one step only.
I was expecting to be able to resize the pane progressively by keeping the prefix and arrow ...
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How am I logged in before I log in?
When I freshly turn on my computer and reach the log in screen, normally, when I try to poweroff afterwards, the dialog only shows
Power Off
This system will automatically poweroff in 60 secs
Cancel ...
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