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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.emacs.help Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!mvh From: mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding) Subject: Help with emacs shell - no job control Message-ID: <mvhDz9xE0.8A2@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 16:20:24 GMT Lines: 10 Sender: mvh@netcom18.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:29244 gnu.emacs.help:38430 When I launch a shell under Emacs 19.31 with FreeBSD 2.1.5 release CD, the shell states "cannot reach terminal, thus no job control under shell" or something simlilar. If I run a PS -l, I see that that the pty that the shell is using for input has a "-" after it, meaning that the shell can't access it. I can't do a control-c to stop a big job. This was not the behaviour with the 2.1 CD, neither with 19.34 at work under Solaris 2.5, any hints?