error creating the child process for this terminal

[sam R]

I used Andrew’s solution. But guess what?  Another problem after typing  *mount
-t devpts devpts /dev/pts [hit enter]  *then * gdm [hit enter] *I get new
log-in screen asking me for *Username* but I can’t type anything (basically,
the machine/screen freeze)**




On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Andrew Farris <flyindragon1 at aol.com>wrote:

> 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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