can't access tty; job control turned off

Dick Dowdell dick.dowdell at gmail.com
Sat Jan 27 01:10:33 UTC 2007


I'm having getting exactly the same error trying to install Edgy on a Sony
PCG-N505VX.

Thanks,
Dick Dowdell

On 1/26/07, Todd Slater <dontodd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to upgrade my Toshiba Portege 3500 from Dapper to Edgy. I
> booted the live CD (which I know works because I used it to install
> Edgy on my desktop), chose boot/install, and the splash comes up and
> it looks like it's going to start, then it drops to the shell and
> gives the error: can't access tty; job control turned off.
>
> I tried rebooting and choosing different graphics mode, but I get the
> same error. I've googled and found lots of people with the same issue
> but not solution. I'm hoping to get a hit here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd
>
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Regards,
Dick Dowdell
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