Re: bash: no job control in this shell

[SL Baur <steve@example.com>]

SN Diamond <Norman.Diamond@example.com> writes in tlug@example.com:

>   PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
>  1020   ? SW   0:00 login -- ndiamond
>  1021   ? S    0:00 -bash
>  1262   ? S    0:00 su
>  1263   ? S    0:00 bash

There's your problem.  See the `?' in the tty column?  That means you
have no control terminal.  You should have no job control in your
original login shell also.

This is a console login, right?  Try switching to another virtual
console.