John, Actually. I'm trying to replace Win 98 with Edgy on my son-in-law's Sony notebook. I get the error when I try to boot from the CD to install. Thanks, Dick <div> On 1/26/07, John Dangler <<a href="mailto:jdangler@atlantic.net">jdangler@atlantic.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 20:10 -0500, Dick Dowdell wrote: > 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 < <a href="mailto:dontodd@gmail.com">dontodd@gmail.com</a>> 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 Todd, Dick~ Can you go into your grub.lst and set the video and other params ? > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > > > -- > Regards, > Dick Dowdell > 508-498-7919 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Regards, Dick Dowdell 508-498-7919