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

[Tim Heckman]

James,

Is it conceivable that we will see  a fix released in time for the
Ubuntu 12.04.1 release in August?  I think it's taken quite a bit longer
than need to triage this bug and determine the priority of the fix.
It's affecting quite a large number of people on different platforms.
I'm simply trying to understand what the priority is, if any, to get a
fix in place.

Are paying customers of Canonical still having this issue?  Is this the
type of support Ubuntu users can expect on an LTS release?

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PixMe:  Not sure the comments of this bug are the proper place to get
help for such an issue.  I'm not familiar with Pandaboard, but I'm
fairly certain this bug is completely unrelated.  I'd suggest reaching
out to the community forum.

-Tim

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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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