Comments on: SOLUTION - ‘/bin/sh can’t access tty; job control mode off’ error

By: Ed Bolanos

Ed Bolanos — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:42:08 +0000

I received the same error but was able to install using a USB CDROM instead of the internal CDROM.

Go Figure???

By: doez

doez — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:08:17 +0000

thank’s

By: Dragonk76

Dragonk76 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:34:32 +0000

Hey had the busybox error too. Freespire installed perfect on laptop dual boot with xp but error happened when I installed to my desktop which is dual boot and has a SATA drive.

After fussing about I used the advanced menu in when the grub popped up and chose the “no hardware detected” option it booted up so I thought I better restart it and works perfect up this might help someone.

By: caterpillar

caterpillar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:47:37 +0000

by the way.. im using Fiesty since that the new version havent shipped here yet.. XP

By: caterpillar

caterpillar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:45:40 +0000

hi all.. im a new ubuntu user.. im in malaysia.. i just bought a new acer aspire 4920.. i wonder if anyone can help me with installing the ubuntu in my laptop without any problems?

By: luizrosalba

luizrosalba — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:21:55 +0000

inredible !!! worked for me!! i wonder why that error occurs

By: theDuck

theDuck — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:10:13 +0000

Hey Thanks CE for your really helpful comments - yep, failure to recognise hardware seems to be a common thread - especially removavble media like CD and DVD drives

Cheers!

By: CE

CE — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:31:51 +0000

Regarding /bin/sh: Can’t access tty; job control turned off

Apparently, there are a bizillion reasons that this error occurs, but in my case, it was because the Ubuntu Live CD couldn’t recognize some of the hardware on the machine I was installing to. (I was able to install it successfully on other machines–it was just one troublesome machine).

Here is what worked for me:

1. When the bootup screen appears, press F6
2. Type the following: acpi=off irqpoll
3. Press the Enter key.
4. View the Live CD and install Ubuntu.

You have to make sure that this problem is resolved when Ubuntu boots, too. To do that:

1. Boot your computer so that GRUB is displayed.
2. Press the “e” key to go into edit mode.
3. Press “o” to add a new line to the script.
4. Type the following: acpi=off irqpoll
5. Press the Escape key.

In the event that acpi=off doesn’t work try replacing the entry above with one of the following:

* acpi=force irqpoll
* nacpitimer irqpoll

You may have to revisit the second set of steps when you upgrade ubuntu.

I hope this helps.

By: abid

abid — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:20:18 +0000

/bin/sh; can’t access tty. job controled turned off.
is giving message when i turn on my system.

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