error creating the child process for this terminal

[sam R]

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*Ctrl*+*Alt*+*F1* not working






On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Siggy Brentrup <ubuntu at psycho.i21k.de>wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 14:09 +0300, sam R wrote:
> > The problem started when upgraded my OS from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04.
> >
> >
> >
> >  1- When I launch Terminal window I get this message and can't type
> > anything.
> >
> > “There was an error creating the child process for this terminal”
> >
> >
> >  2- when I try to update any package through *Update Manager *I get this
> > message
> >
> > “Error failed to fork pty”
> >
> >
> >  Now, since Ubuntu doesn't allow you to sign-in as root from the start-up
> > GUI window, I'm having a problem modifying files to fix the* Terminal and
> > Update Manager errors.*
>
> Those two most probably are the same error, the 2nd message uses a
> more technical wording.  Since you can't open a terminal, use
> Ctrl-Alt-F1 to see a login prompt on the bare tty.  Login as normal
> user and use
>  sudo aptitude -i
> to see if there are broken packages. man aptitude is a fine reading
> to continue.
>
> HTH
>  Siggy
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