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-bash: no job control in this shell

From: Mitchell Laks <mlaks(at)post.harvard.edu>
Date: Mon Jan 07 2008 - 01:08:20 EST

Hi Gurus!

When I boot my debian sid workstation:

I usually log into tty1 and then run startx. But sometimes i noodle around at the command line, say to update drivers for X or whatever, run emacs, etc.

I notice right after I initially login to the pc

the shell says to me (ominously):

-bash: no job control in this shell.

I don't know what this means.
I don't know what causes it.
It bothers me (I dont know why. Just in principle!).
So if I really want that job control thingy back, what do I have to do.

I figure it is a left over from some mess up of my . files. But Professor Google has not clued me in to know what causes this.

Thanks!
Mitchell

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