problems with /dev/console and "job control"

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Sat Jun 26 16:35:50 UTC 2010


On Saturday 26 June 2010 17:02, Christian Ruppert wrote:
> On 06/26/2010 04:46 PM, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > On Saturday 26 June 2010 13:30, Christian Ruppert wrote:
> >> Hey guys,
> >>
> >> I try to setup busybox properly for my initrd although I don't get it
> >> working with "job control".
> >> I thought that console=... would help (kernel cmdline) but it doesn't.
> >>
> >> It works so far (at least CTRL+C) if I use openvt -s but that is no
> >> solution for me.
> >> I use my own /init script which later calls "exec /bin/sh" to enter a
> >> rescue shell but CTRL+C etc. isn't working. :(
> > 
> > Does this answer your question?
> > 
> > http://busybox.net/FAQ.html#job_control
>
> Not really because how can I run the shell in a real console there?
> I have no ttySX at all and other console= values doesn't seem to work.

So you do not know what is your tty?
Please post complete dmesg output, and ls -l /dev/*tty*
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vda


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