[Bug 980917] Re: Failed to create pty - disabling logging for job

[Goswin von Brederlow]

James Hunt (jamesodhunt) wrote on 2012-04-25:   #5

@Adam: the point here is that Upstart is signalling an error, albeit a
soft one. However, in all cases it will be a transitory error since at
some point in the boot /dev/pts _will_ be mounted.

Aparently that isn't the case. I'm booting with NFS-root so no initrd
and mountall also can't be used. Instead I have an upstart job that
mounts /dev and /dev/pts and creates /dev/ptmx (see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1006517) and the
error only goes away after restarting upstart, not once /dev/pts + ptmx
is available.

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Title:
  Failed to create pty - disabling logging for job

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I believe this bug is in Upstart due to similar bug that was recently
  fixed:

  - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/936667

  I am booting Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (x86) as a domU under Xen.  After the
  previous bug was fixed, I still received the errors but the system now
  boots which is an improvement.  During the boot process I see a few
  combinations of this error:

  ====
  init: Failed to create pty - disabling logging for job
  init: Temporary process spawn error: No such file or directory
  ====

  After those two stop, I see a few more of these errors:

  ====
  init: Failed to create pty - disabling logging for job
  ====

  The above error also prints if I type "poweroff" or "shutdown"

  This system's ultimate destiny is to operate using a custom-compiled
  Linux kernel that does not exist on the filesystem.  Both the Ubuntu-
  supplied Linux kernel and the custom-compiled Linux kernel are
  afflicted by this bug.

  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

  -Tim

  //edit: added more details, edited for clarity.

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