[BusyBox] init & ash & job control

[WILSON,RICH (A-LakeStevens,ex1)]

Paul,

Yes, BB_FEATURE_ASH_JOB_CONTROL is defined.
(it's always good to check the power cord when your computer doesn't turn
on!)

Rich Wilson
Agilent Technologies
425-335-2245
rich_wilson at agilent.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul [mailto:lists at blueweave.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:29 AM
> To: Richard Wilson; busybox at busybox.net
> Subject: RE: [BusyBox] init & ash & job control
> 
> 
> I'm no busybox expert but did you define 
> BB_FEATURE_ASH_JOB_CONTROL in the
> config.h?
> 
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: busybox-admin at busybox.net [mailto:busybox-admin at busybox.net]On
> Behalf Of Richard Wilson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:27 PM
> To: busybox at busybox.net
> Subject: [BusyBox] init & ash & job control
> 
> 
> I'm trying to modify a working embedded system to replace
> much of it with busybox.  However, I'm having some startup
> problems.
> 
> In particular, I can't seem to get job control for my ash shell.
> 
> If inittab contains something like
>    ::respawn:-/bin/sh
> I get the message "sh: can't access tty; job control turned off"
> If inittab contains something like
>    ::respawn:/bin/sh -i </dev/ttyS0 >/dev/ttyS0 2>/dev/ttyS0
> then sh (busybox ash) exits immediately, and gets restarted
> again and again.
> 
>   Process '/bin/sh -i </dev/ttyS0 >/dev/ttyS0 2>/dev/ttyS0' \
>   (pid 20) exited. Scheduling it for restart.
>   Starting pid 21, console /dev/console; '/bin/sh'
> 
> System:
>   Power pc with serial console
>   Kernel 2.4.14.modified for my hardware
>   uClibc-0.9.11
>   busybox-0.60.3 (static linked to uClibc)
> 
> If I replace busybox-init with MontaVista's version of init
> (and change inittab appropriately) it works as desired.
> 
> If I replace busybox with montaVista busybox, which is
> compiled with libc.so.6 (dynamic), it works as desired.
> 
> In both cases, I need to add the redirections to inittab to
> get job control.
> 
> Help!
> 
> tia
> 
> Rich Wilson
> rich_wilson at agilent.com
> 
> [no cut-and-paste above; may be typing errors]
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