[xen-tools] Re: Again: No job control in this shell

[Holger Wesser]

You're absolutely right. It only matters when switch to the console out of
the XEN-Server. Unfortunately things like "CTRL+C" don't work. Actually I
have to "destroy" the VM. (Have you another idea? Maybe?)

Nevertheless thanks for your response.

Regards,
Holger 


Am 24.04.2007 10:30 Uhr schrieb "Steve Kemp" unter <steve at steve.org.uk>:

> On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 12:41:11PM +0200, Holger Wesser wrote:
> 
>>    I comment out all TTYs in the inittab as the xen-tool-script does. When I
>>    leave the first TTY untouched and boot up the VM, the boot progress stops
>>    before I get a login prompt. The only workaround is to change value from
>> 
>>    1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
>>    to
>>    1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 console
>> 
>>    Unfortunately afterwards I get this "bash: no job control in this shell"
>>    error and shortcuts like crtl-c don't work.
>>    My VM is Debian Etch stable.
> 
>   Does it matter?  I've fought with this a few time with completely
>  contradictory reports from users.  Right now my patience is thin
>  since each time I change the way it works somebody tells me I've
>  broken it.
> 
>   Ultimately I figure now that if you've got SSH installed then
>  the behaviour of the console doesn't matter too much .. do you
>  disagree?
> 
> Steve