[Bug 936667] Re: init(4): no available ptys stops boot

[Michael Lustfield]

michael at panther:~$ apt-cache policy upstart
upstart:
  Installed: 1.4-0ubuntu8
  Candidate: 1.4-0ubuntu8
  Version table:
 *** 1.4-0ubuntu8 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
michael at panther:~$ ls -l /etc/init/
total 256
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  320 Sep  1 10:13 acpid.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  268 Mar  1  2011 alsa-restore.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  267 Feb 21  2011 alsa-store.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  385 Feb  9 02:59 cgroup-lite.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  266 Feb  8 18:13 console.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  509 Jan 24  2011 console-setup.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1122 Feb  8 18:13 container-detect.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  356 Aug 12  2010 control-alt-delete.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  297 Aug 24  2010 cron.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1089 Oct 26 02:13 cryptdisks-enable.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  435 Oct 26 02:13 cryptdisks-udev.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  510 Jan 10 04:28 dbus.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  273 Feb 24  2010 dmesg.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  784 Feb 18  2010 ecryptfs-utils-restore.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  782 Feb 18  2010 ecryptfs-utils-save.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1345 Oct 27 00:14 failsafe.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  265 Feb 17 10:21 flush-early-job-log.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  317 Jul  5  2010 hostname.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  557 Mar 22  2010 hwclock.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  444 Mar 22  2010 hwclock-save.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2382 Feb  8 11:20 libvirt-bin.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  367 Oct  1  2010 module-init-tools.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  943 Sep 28  2010 mountall.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  349 Sep 28  2010 mountall-net.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  261 Sep 28  2010 mountall-reboot.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1201 Sep 28  2010 mountall-shell.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  405 Feb 15 12:27 mounted-debugfs.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  550 Jul 15  2011 mounted-dev.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  480 Mar  7  2011 mounted-proc.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  610 Jul 15  2011 mounted-run.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1663 Feb 22  2011 mounted-tmp.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  903 Jul 15  2011 mounted-var.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  373 Jan 12 07:48 networking.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  803 Jan 12 07:58 network-interface.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  523 Feb 12 15:11 network-interface-container.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1603 Jan 12 07:48 network-interface-security.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  971 Sep 28 00:22 plymouth.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  326 Mar 26  2010 plymouth-log.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  899 Mar 18  2011 plymouth-splash.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  800 Sep 28 00:22 plymouth-stop.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  367 Feb 11  2011 plymouth-upstart-bridge.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  363 Nov 17 11:37 procps.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  454 Oct  3 21:12 rc.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  705 Oct  3 21:09 rcS.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1543 Oct  3 21:12 rc-sysinit.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  426 Jan  4 15:38 rsyslog.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  683 Apr 14  2011 screen-cleanup.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  348 Feb  8 18:13 tty1.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  333 Feb  8 18:13 tty2.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  333 Feb  8 18:13 tty3.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  333 Feb  8 18:13 tty4.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  232 Feb  8 18:13 tty5.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  232 Feb  8 18:13 tty6.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  322 Nov 15 00:53 udev.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  624 Mar 18  2011 udev-fallback-graphics.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  769 Sep 24  2010 udev-finish.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  356 Sep 24  2010 udevmonitor.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  433 Feb 15 11:48 udevtrigger.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  473 Aug 30  2010 ufw.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  329 Mar 15  2011 upstart-socket-bridge.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  553 Oct  3 21:12 upstart-udev-bridge.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  889 Sep 20  2010 ureadahead.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  683 Sep 20  2010 ureadahead-other.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1481 Oct  3 21:09 wait-for-state.conf

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Title:
  init(4): no available ptys stops boot

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When booting 12.04 after a recent update, I see "init(4): no available
  ptys" being displayed faster than a machine gun. When I add --no-log
  as a kernel option and I'm able to boot just fine.

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