I tried performing the action in the comment by hrstrand 2009-03-27 (in quotes below), and rebooted after making the change to the fstab file.
"I added this to /etc/fstab devpts /dev/pts devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)"
this change to the fstab file also worked for me. the package manager and terminal or now appear to be operating normally.
I tried performing the action in the comment by hrstrand 2009-03-27 (in quotes below), and rebooted after making the change to the fstab file.
"I added this to /etc/fstab nosuid, gid=5,mode= 620)"
devpts /dev/pts devpts (rw,noexec,
this change to the fstab file also worked for me. the package manager and terminal or now appear to be operating normally.