I'll add a couple of comments to this bug. I just upgraded my machine from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04. When I attempt to open a terminal session from the Applications - Accessories menu, I receive the error message "There was an error creating the chile process for this terminal" I click on the OK button and the terminal window is open. There is a flashing cursor in the window but I can not type any commands. While typing the cursor stops blinking, but no characters appear. The normal command prompt does not show up. The same thing occurs when I try and open gnome-terminal by pressing "ALT-F2" to get the run program dialog box. I type gnome-terminal in the command window and click on the run button.
I added a launch button the panel and checked the properties. The command line is simply "gnome-terminal" I am running the gnome desktop. It is consistent every time I attempt to open a terminal. Let me know if you need more information. Beyond this, I'm not sure how I would tell you to recreate the problem. Cheers! -- Error while creating child process in terminal https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245956 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
