Hello!
I've got the same error message, it appears after upgrade Ubuntu from 8.10 till
9.04.
Additionally, Synaptic and other pkg managers not working (they show
some errors after they were launched).
In recovery mode i can upgrade packages, but I see errors like Can't
open openpty(). Not
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 321927 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321927
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 321927
/dev/pts and /dev/shm not mounted on boot
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gnome-terminal could not be started
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365345
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** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25867267/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25867268/ProcMaps.txt
** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25867269/ProcStatus.txt
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