Xref: utzoo comp.emacs:9323 comp.windows.x:28436 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bu.edu!nntp-read!jbw From: jbw@bucsf.bu.edu (Joe Wells) Newsgroups: comp.emacs,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: M-x shell problem in emacs running under x11r4 Message-ID: Date: 19 Oct 90 02:23:01 GMT References: Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Followup-To: comp.emacs Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department Lines: 18 In-reply-to: katz@elements.rpal.com's message of 17 Oct 90 22:35:44 GMT In article katz@elements.rpal.com (Morry Katz) writes: The problem is that when I start an X based emacs window from my .xsession file or from a menu entry, the emacs that comes up works completely correctly except that M-x shell fails with the error message "Process shell stopped (tty input)". [lots more details deleted] POSIX job control was introduced in SunOS 4.1. You can read more about this in the release notes. A temporary workaround to the problem with Emacs is to run "/usr/etc/setsid emacs" instead of just "emacs". There is also a patch to Emacs to make it work with POSIX job control. Enjoy, -- Joe Wells