Hi Sorry but since I cannot determine if emacs could be ""guilty"" I post on the emacs mailing list as well.
I recall the problem. Sorry for those who already heard about it. M-x shell functions perfectly for root and produces the error message in the subject of this mail for any other user. 1. Everyone has only the /etc/profile has bash startup file. 2. env set shopt after M-x shell give the same result for root and the users. I suspect that some file or device has not the right permission but I cannot determine what. /dev/tty is rw for anybody, as well as /dev/ptmx. When root launches M-x shell something appears in /dev/pts but not when a user do. Regards Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
