I would close this if I could. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to emacs23 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1223291
Title: "sudo emacs" cannot be backgrounded afterward by shell Status in emacs23 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When I run: $ sudo emacs /etc/myfile and later try to background it by typing ^Z in the invoking shell, the keystroke is ignored and merely echoes to the screen as "^Z". This did NOT happen in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. This does NOT happen for any of the following commands: $ sudo emacs -nw /etc/myfile (which runs emacs in the existing gnome-terminal window) $ sudo gnome-terminal (a different program that also opens a window) I realize that there are workarounds, like manually sending the suspend signal: $ sudo kill -TSTP <pid of emacs> but something special and new (and unwanted) is happening with emacs here. Other users have experienced this problem on other distros: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/81482/how-to-send-to-background-a-running-process-started-with-sudo ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: emacs23 23.4+1-4ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 10 06:57:04 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-31 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: emacs23 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/1223291/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
