/bin/sh:Can't access tty;job control off

cola · 09-15-2009, 08:11 AM

Booting problem.
menu.lst:

Code:

title		Slackware 12-generic, kernel 2.6.27.7
root		(hd0,4)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.27.7-smp root=/dev/hda5
initrd          /boot/initrd.gz
quiet

ls -l /boot/

Code:

total 19572
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     512 2009-09-14 19:21 boot.0300
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     209 2009-09-14 19:21 boot_message.txt
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      28 2009-09-16 07:56 config -> config-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   89202 2008-11-21 11:01 config-generic-2.6.27.7
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   89505 2008-11-21 10:20 config-generic-smp-2.6.27.7-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   89081 2008-11-21 11:20 config-huge-2.6.27.7
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   89384 2008-11-21 10:33 config-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    5040 2008-11-30 00:43 diag1.img
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  910052 2009-09-16 08:04 initrd.gz
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root    4096 2009-09-16 08:04 initrd-tree
-rw-------  1 root root   80896 2009-09-14 19:21 map
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      37 2009-09-16 07:57 README.initrd -> /usr/doc/mkinitrd-1.3.2/README.initrd
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   15754 2008-02-22 06:08 slack.bmp
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      32 2009-09-16 07:56 System.map -> System.map-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  927553 2008-11-21 11:01 System.map-generic-2.6.27.7
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  965704 2008-11-21 10:20 System.map-generic-smp-2.6.27.7-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1393024 2008-11-21 11:20 System.map-huge-2.6.27.7
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1432921 2008-11-21 10:33 System.map-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      29 2009-09-16 07:56 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2220880 2008-11-21 11:01 vmlinuz-generic-2.6.27.7
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2347888 2008-11-21 10:20 vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.27.7-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4540208 2008-11-21 11:20 vmlinuz-huge-2.6.27.7
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4727664 2008-11-21 10:33 vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp

MensaWater · 09-15-2009, 09:31 AM

Jobs that are started by automated processes typically aren't associated with a tty (or pty). The tty/pty is the terminal device a user logs in on to run commands.

The message is telling you a script tried to do something requiring a tty and couldn't find it. This is common when someone simply copies a shell script they tested at command line to someplace like a cron job or /etc/init.d and had tests in it (or something it called) that required the tty such as setting the TERM variable for terminal.

Usually other than the ugly message(s) it isn't indicative of an actual problem running the rest of the script. You'd need to specify exactly where in the boot process you're seeing this to narrow it down.