Problems using `screen`ed vim-gnome vim which has survived an X crash

Hello all,

I've started using `screen` more or less religiously for a number of
reasons. One of these is the relative instability of X: I don't want
my vim instances to come down with the terminals that come down with
X.

I recently had my X session crash. Although `vim` instances which
were running within `screen` survived the crash, there are numerous
problems with them. In general I'm finding it necessary to save a
session via `:mksession` and then restart `vim`. This is sort of a
hassle, if only because I tend to have information in VimL variables
and in unnamed buffers.

It's probably relevant that I'm running the `vim-gnome` version of vim
(from ubuntu 10.04). This version is somehow integrated with X even
when running under a terminal: for example, it can access the
clipboard via `@+` and `@*`. I would expect problems with the
clipboard in this situation, but the issues seem more widespread.

I'm keeping an [updated list][1] of "symptoms" on superuser.com;
please check there if you're interested in the details of what doesn't
work.

Have other people encountered this problem? Is there a known solution
or workaround? Is this an inevitable potential consequence of using
the `vim-gnome` build?

Thanks

-Ted

[1]: http://superuser.com/questions/167387/recovering-from-x-crash-effects-on-vim-instances-running-under-screen

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