** Description changed:
Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal ( 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 )
Description: Ubuntu upgraded from Intrepid to Jaunty using alternate iso
and the latest packages over the net. After the upgrade completed ( with
one small error in tzdata-java, which was rectified with a dpkg
--configure -a )m I rebooted the system, and logged into GNOME. When I
attempted to launch gnome-terminal, "There was an error creating the
child process for this terminal" was the error it reported. Konsole on
the other hand just spawned a new window and did not respond to anything
after that.
Note (2009-04-25): Two reasons for this have been found:
1. The order in /etc/rcS.d is messed up (bug 321927). Fix:
a. $ ls /etc/rcS.d | grep mountdevsubfs.sh
- Note the number next to the "S" in that filename.
+ Note the number next to the "S" in the returned filename (e.g.
the 05 in S05mountdevsubfs.sh).
b. $ sudo mv /etc/rcS.d/S_mountdevsubfs.sh
/etc/rcS.d/S11mountdevsubfs.sh
- where _ is the number in the old filename
+ where _ is the number in the old filename.
2. Or, you modified /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh (maybe to get VirtualBox
to work; that workaround is no longer needed) and dpkg refuses to update it
(this bug). Fix:
$ sudo cp /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh.dpkg-dist
/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh
If you do one of these fixes, reboot afterwards.
--scottywz
Fix [workaround]: Searching on the net pointed me to these two links:
1. Launchpad Bug - SSH results in "There was an error creating the child
process for this terminal" ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-
terminal/+bug/332517 ).
2. LinuxQuestions.org forum :
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/cant-
start-a-terminal-200544/
Both the work arounds required that a line be added to /etc/fstab :
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0
0
Rebooting after this edit fixed the issue. However, this seems more
like a hack than a solution.
Attachments: The bug report produced by 'apport-cli -fp gnome-terminal' after
fixing /etc/fstab
Current system, as reported by lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04
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gnome-terminal does not launch on upgrade to jaunty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360160
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