Ubuntu
sysvinit package

  1. Bug #338071 (failedtoforkpty)
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 338071

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Richard Wall (brickatius) wrote :

Same problem here with update manager and terminal. If you can't open a terminal do ALT + F2 to open the 'run application' window and then type the following
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
then add the line as suggested above. Has cured the problem for me.