Re: -bash: no job control in this shell

2008-01-27 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 12:51 Mon 07 Jan , Scott Gifford wrote: > > To find out, create a brand new user with default dotfiles, and try > logging in as that user. > > Hope this helps, > No such luck :(. Every user who initially logs in to tty1 gets the no job control message! Here is some information. I fin

Re: -bash: no job control in this shell

2008-01-07 Thread Scott Gifford
Mitchell Laks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > 1) I don't know what this means. It means you can't hit CTRL-Z to suspend a process, move processes to the foreground and background, or use the jobs command. See the JOB CONTROL section of bash(1) for more details. Not sure what causes it, but

Re: -bash: no job control in this shell

2008-01-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Mitchell Laks([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi Gurus! > > When I boot my debian sid workstation: > > I usually log into tty1 and then run startx. But sometimes i noodle around at > the command line, > say to update drivers for X or whatever, run emacs, etc. > > I notice right

Re: -bash: no job control in this shell

2008-01-06 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-01-07 01:08:20 -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I notice right after I initially login to the pc > > the shell says to me (ominously): > > -bash: no job control in this shell. > > 1) I don't know what this means. > 2) I don't know what causes it. Perhaps some command in your .bashrc or .