error creating the child process for this terminal

Sun Aug 30 12:30:42 UTC 2009

sam R wrote:
>
> *If you claim that 9.04 is stable, then how come everything was 
> working fine until I upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04*
>
> *1-      /dev/pts is not mounted  you have to do it manually*
>
> *2-      CTRL+ALT+F1 don’t not work*
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:klarsen1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     sam R wrote:
>     > *Ubuntu 9.04 is unstable. I think I will just go back to 8.10. I
>     didn’t have
>     > any problem until I upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04*
>
>            You can do anything you like, but 9.04 is NOT unstable. The
>     problem I
>     think is you upgraded from your 8.10 and it didn't work well. No
>     way to
>     know why.
>
>
>     73 Karl
>
>
>
>     >
>     >
>     > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:00 AM, Karl F. Larsen
>     <klarsen1 at gmail.com <mailto:klarsen1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >>  sam R wrote:
>     >>> 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 <mailto: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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>     >>        I wounder if your using a SATA herd drive? Your problems
>     sound like
>     >> I
>     >> get when my SATA drive is about to quit. Try just taking off
>     each end
>     >> and then put it back on. Lousy plugs.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> 73 Karl
>     >>
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*I have to agree with Karl, 9.04 is stable, I have had just a couple of 
things that did not work, but after finding out what the problem was, 
everything has worked just fine...

I now have even upgraded to the newest unstable Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic, and 
I did not loose any apps that were already installed with 9.04...

So you may have a problem with your own setup, and if you can not figure 
it out, or if no-one can seem to help you, then I suggest that you do a 
complete re-install...

As for mount problems, just maybe it is your permission settings... ;-)

Larry
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