[Bug 936293] Re: upstart 1.4-0ubuntu7 causes systems with custom kernel not to boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 936667 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936667 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 936667 init(4): no available ptys stops boot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 936293] Re: upstart 1.4-0ubuntu7 causes systems with custom kernel not to boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
OK, sounds like you're in unchartered territory then. Try adding "init=/bin/sh" to the grub command line and booting, then: 1) See what "ulimit -n" shows. If it is < 1024, that might be your problem so try setting 'nofile' manually to atleast 1024 and then manually exec-ing upstart: ulimi

[Bug 936293] Re: upstart 1.4-0ubuntu7 causes systems with custom kernel not to boot

2012-02-20 Thread Michael Marley
They both have ptys enabled, with exactly the same configuration options as above. I have attached one of the .config files. Probably the most significant change I made was disabling initramfs support. Other than that, my changes were mainly just compiling everything I needed into the kernel and

[Bug 936293] Re: upstart 1.4-0ubuntu7 causes systems with custom kernel not to boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
Is it possible your kernels are configured without ptys? Current Ubuntu kernels specify the following pty options: CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT=0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt