Subject: bug#20686: "No access to tty" in Emacs shell

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 03:06:55 -0400

"Warren, John W CIV (US)" wrote:

> Error message in *shell* buffer on entering shell mode:
> "Warning: no access to tty; thus no job control in this shell..."
[...]
> In GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.10, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars)

This has been reported on a few Solaris systems.
There is some diagnosis in http://debbugs.gnu.org/20555#13 that I hope
will get some attention before the next Emacs release.