bash: no job control in this shell

[Manson Chan]

I could go in to gdm, if I input "exit" command in shell, after that,
CTRL + F1,F2 is valid.

but if I didn't "exit" the shell, after 1 minute the system will sleep
in the shell, and do nothing, no matter what I type

Thanks
Manson

On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 01:45 -0700, Scott Edwards wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:01:54 +0000, Manson Chan <ltcstyle at 163.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > My Fedora Core 3 stuck in boot time, and given an error:
> > bash:not job control in this shell
> > and then go into shell prompt (shell:)
> > 
> > after haldaemon start. I add an script file to run my own server, but I
> > havn't change any code in haldaemon in /etc/init.d/
> > and I had tried to
> > /sbin/chkconfig --del (my own server) and delete the script file
> > in /etc/init.d
> > the problem is still there.
> > 
> > I also cannot use CRTL+F1,F2... to change tty, the only way I could go
> > into gdm is
> > enter "exit" in shell promt, or it will die after 1 minute.
> > 
> > What could I do?
> > 
> > Bestwishes
> > Manson
> 
> It would appear that you're in single user mode, possibly with no init
> (eg, bash is the init).  Recalling from the RH62 days, there should be
> an app called 'open' or maybe 'openvt'. It'll spawn a new instance of
> bash ($SHELL, or whatever you want, if you invoke it correctly) on the
> next free virtual terminal (usualy your tty+1, eg: tty2, tty3, ...
> etc).  I don't have handy access to a FC box, or I'd poke at it a
> little.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> 
> Scott Edwards
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