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[Karl F. Larsen]

sam R wrote:
> *If you claim that 9.04 is stable, then how come everything was working fine
> until I upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04*

	Sam, you do not read what I write. You insist on top posting relies and 
clearly show you do not read what others say. So do what you want to do 
and leave this list alone.

Karl



> 
> *1-      /dev/pts is not mounted  you have to do it manually*
> 
> *2-      CTRL+ALT+F1 don’t not work*
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> sam R wrote:
>>> *Ubuntu 9.04 is unstable. I think I will just go back to 8.10. I didn’t
>> have
>>> any problem until I upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04*
>>        You can do anything you like, but 9.04 is NOT unstable. The problem
>> I
>> think is you upgraded from your 8.10 and it didn't work well. No way to
>> know why.
>>
>>
>> 73 Karl
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:00 AM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>  sam R wrote:
>>>>> I used Andrew’s solution. But guess what?  Another problem after typing
>>>>  *mount
>>>>> -t devpts devpts /dev/pts [hit enter]  *then * gdm [hit enter] *I get
>> new
>>>>> log-in screen asking me for *Username* but I can’t type anything
>>>> (basically,
>>>>> the machine/screen freeze)**
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Andrew Farris <flyindragon1 at aol.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 21:15 +0200, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
>>>>>>> On 08/28/2009 08:53 PM, sam R wrote:
>>>>>>>> /*None of the answers help me to solve the problem. Forgive me I'm
>> new
>>>>>>>> to Ubuntu*/
>>>>>>> Please bottom post.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you read my mail? I explained the problem. /dev/pts is not
>> mounted!
>>>>>>> Why? I don't know.
>>>>>>> But usually, holding down the CTRL and ALT key and pressing one of
>> the
>>>> 6
>>>>>>> F keys (F1 to F6) at the same time should bring you to a terminal.
>> Log
>>>>>>> in with your user name and password. Type in "sudo mount -t devpts
>>>>>>> devpts /dev/pts" (without the quotes) and hit ENTER, then enter your
>>>>>>> password when asked for a password. Hold CTRL and ALT key and press
>> F7
>>>>>>> at the same time to go back to your Desktop.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now, everything should be OK until the next reboot.
>>>>>> I believe, if you cant get to a tty terminal after logging in, that
>> you
>>>>>> could also boot in recovery mode [at the grub menu, choose the option
>> w/
>>>>>> (recovery mode) at the end], and when the blue menu comes up, go to
>>>>>> "Drop to root prompt" then from there type in:
>>>>>>    mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts [hit enter]
>>>>>>    gdm [hit enter]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> then log in as usual. that should produce the same results as Thomas'
>>>>>> solution, w/o needing access to a tty terminal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>> _____________________________
>>>>>> Beware of a dark-haired man with a loud tie.
>>>>>>
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>>>>        I wounder if your using a SATA herd drive? Your problems sound
>> like
>>>> I
>>>> get when my SATA drive is about to quit. Try just taking off each end
>>>> and then put it back on. Lousy plugs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 73 Karl
>>>>
>>>>
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