error creating the child process for this terminal

[Andrew Farris]

On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 21:15 +0200, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> On 08/28/2009 08:53 PM, sam R wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > /*None of the answers help me to solve the problem. Forgive me I'm new 
> > to Ubuntu*/
> 
> Please bottom post.
> 
> Did you read my mail? I explained the problem. /dev/pts is not mounted! 
> Why? I don't know.
> But usually, holding down the CTRL and ALT key and pressing one of the 6 
> F keys (F1 to F6) at the same time should bring you to a terminal. Log 
> in with your user name and password. Type in "sudo mount -t devpts 
> devpts /dev/pts" (without the quotes) and hit ENTER, then enter your 
> password when asked for a password. Hold CTRL and ALT key and press F7 
> at the same time to go back to your Desktop.
> 
> Now, everything should be OK until the next reboot.

I believe, if you cant get to a tty terminal after logging in, that you
could also boot in recovery mode [at the grub menu, choose the option w/
(recovery mode) at the end], and when the blue menu comes up, go to
"Drop to root prompt" then from there type in:
    mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts [hit enter]
    gdm [hit enter]

then log in as usual. that should produce the same results as Thomas'
solution, w/o needing access to a tty terminal.


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Andrew
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