a)open console,
b)hold CTRL, ALT and push F1
c)login as root user
d)sudo su
e)add this line to my /etc/fstab file to resolve issue...
devpts /dev/pts devpts noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
f) type mount -a
g)hold CTRL, ALT and push F1 to get back into the console mode (or just type exit, then type exit again).
h)open terminal
NO REBOOT REQUIRED
Also, I just upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 and got the same error, this broke my ability to SSH to the server as well.
Same here,
a)open console,
b)hold CTRL, ALT and push F1
c)login as root user
d)sudo su
e)add this line to my /etc/fstab file to resolve issue...
devpts /dev/pts devpts noexec, nosuid, gid=5,mode= 620 0 0
f) type mount -a
g)hold CTRL, ALT and push F1 to get back into the console mode (or just type exit, then type exit again).
h)open terminal
NO REBOOT REQUIRED
Also, I just upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 and got the same error, this broke my ability to SSH to the server as well.