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From: Karsten Scheibler <laml@unusedino.de>
To: linux-assembly@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: init.asm - 0.03 (19-Jun-2002) - asmutils 0.18
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 22:34:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080530203539.AB96F7B24@gw.unusedino.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <481B7763.50605@verizon.net>

Hello,

>> If I use another type of sh, for example ash from busybox I get the
>> following error and no segfault: "can't access tty, job control turned 
>> off".
>
> From the Busybox FAQ:
>
> --------------------
> Why do I keep getting "sh: can't access tty; job control turned off" 
> errors?  Why doesn't Control-C work within my shell?
>
>     Job control will be turned off since your shell can not obtain a 
> controlling
>     terminal.  This typically happens when you run your shell on 
> /dev/console.
>     The kernel will not provide a controlling terminal on the /dev/console
>     device.  Your should run your shell on a normal tty such as tty1 or 
> ttyS0
>     and everything will work perfectly.  If you <em>REALLY</em> want your 
> shell
>     to run on /dev/console, then you can hack your kernel (if you are into 
> that
>     sortof thing) by changing drivers/char/tty_io.c to change the lines 
> where
>     it sets "noctty = 1;" to instead set it to "0".  I recommend you 
> instead
>     run your shell on a real console...
> -------------------

Bodo haven't you got my mail from april ?

i've sent you a test program in C to determine if the controlling tty 
stuff would fix the problem ... haven't got an answer so far from you



karsten

  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-30 20:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-29 15:36 init.asm - 0.03 (19-Jun-2002) - asmutils 0.18 Bodo Giannone
2008-05-01  9:32 ` Frank Kotler
2008-05-02 12:12   ` Faré
2008-05-02 15:46   ` Bodo Giannone
2008-05-02 20:19     ` Frank Kotler
2008-05-30 20:34       ` Karsten Scheibler [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-04-29 16:08 Bodo Giannone

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