On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, David Bushong wrote:


> mesg: /dev/ttyp4: Operation not permitted
>
> 	While I don't get this opening xterms, it also happens when I do a
> M-X shell in jove, but with the following message:
>
> Warning: no access to tty (Inappropriate ioctl for device).
> Thus no job control in this shell.
> mesg: /dev/ttyp3: Operation not permitted

That sounds familiar.  I'm having the same trouble when using my PB145 via
serial console.  It doesn't happen very often, and it appears when exiting
from vi.

endwin: inappropriate ioctl on device

or something to that effect.

Ideas?

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