[SOLVED] Re: error creating the child process for this terminal

[Fred Roller]

NoOp wrote:
> On 09/03/2009 06:58 AM, Derek Broughton wrote:
>   
>> NoOp wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On 09/02/2009 04:33 AM, sam R wrote:
>>> ...
>>>       
>>>> The problem is solved. I modified  /etc/fstab by adding this line:
>>>> devpts /dev/pts devpts noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620
>>>>         
>>> Excellent! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to try not
>>> to break anything else until the next Ubuntu (Karmic) release :-)
>>>       
>> Except that really shouldn't be in /etc/fstab (not that I know why not, or 
>> if it could cause problems).
>>
>> $ cd /etc/init.d
>> $ grep devpts *
>> mountdevsubfs.sh:[ -f /etc/default/devpts ] && . /etc/default/devpts
>> mountdevsubfs.sh:        domount devpts "" /dev/pts devpts \
>>          -onoexec,nosuid,gid=$TTYGRP,mode=$TTYMODE
>> mtab.sh:[ -f /etc/default/devpts ] && . /etc/default/devpts
>> mtab.sh:        domtab devpts /dev/pts "devpts"\
>>          -onoexec,nosuid,gid=$TTYGRP,mode=$TTYMODE
>> umountfs:           proc|procfs|linprocfs|devfs|sysfs|usbfs|usbdevfs|devpts)
>> umountnfs.sh:       proc|procfs|linprocfs|devfs|devpts|usbfs|usbdevfs|sysfs)
>>
>>
>> So it should be in mountdevsubfs.sh.  I didn't figure out just why he felt 
>> he needed to remove this, earlier in the thread, but I'd strongly recommend 
>> reinstalling the "initscripts" package.
>>     
>
> It is from an upgrade problem:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/338071
> suggestion to put that in fstab is:
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/338071/comments/11>
>
> Reinstalling initscripts just may do the tick - good suggestion.
>
>
>   
Could this be a pre-curser to init issues since Ubunutu is moving to 
upstart?  Just curious.

Fred