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

[Warren, John W CIV (US)]

Error message in *shell* buffer on entering shell mode:
"Warning: no access to tty; thus no job control in this shell..."

Note: The affected system does not have an internet connection,
but I can sneaker-net files across.

John Warren

Output of report-emacs-bug follows:
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From: john@lanai.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: 24.4; No access to tty in Emacs shell
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In GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.10, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars)
 of 2015-05-27 on lanai
Windowing system distributor `Sun Microsystems, Inc.', version 11.0.6620
Configured using:
 `configure --with-gif=no --prefix=/home/john/local'

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: C
  locale-coding-system: nil

Major mode: Shell

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<escape> x s h e l l <return> <escape> x r e p o r
t - e m a c s - b u g <return>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
(shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message format-spec rfc822 mml
easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231
mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums
mm-util help-fns mail-prsvr mail-utils shell pcomplete comint ansi-color
ring time-date tooltip electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks
lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt
fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode prog-mode register page
menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock
syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang
vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek
romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese
case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer nadvice
loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay
sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget
hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dynamic-setting
font-render-setting x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)

Memory information:
((conses 8 76071 5644)
 (symbols 24 17840 0)
 (miscs 20 47 126)
 (strings 16 11244 3372)
 (string-bytes 1 310941)
 (vectors 8 10332)
 (vector-slots 4 399617 2538)
 (floats 8 65 200)
 (intervals 28 220 236)
 (buffers 512 12))

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