Parity and stop-bit options that were available in 4.9.x were added to the screen-v4 branch after screen-v5 diverged: https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=8b386d8 "Support stop/parity bits on serial port" Specifically, these were lost: - cstopb / -cstopb - parenb / -parenb - parodd / -parodd Serial setups that need e.g. 7E1/8E1 (or explicit stop-bit control) cannot be configured via screen options anymore.