Bothered me enough to turn it off once and for all with a /etc/profile.d/stty-flow.sh: #!/bin/sh # turn off stupid flow control and shut up. stty -ixon -ixof

Bothered me enough to turn it off once and for all with a /etc/profile.d/stty-flow.sh: #!/bin/sh # turn off stupid flow control and shut up. stty -ixon -ixoff 2>/dev/null