I tried performing the action in the comment by hrstrand 2009-03-27 (in quotes below), and rebooted after making the change to the fstab file.
"I added this to /etc/fstab devpts /dev/pts devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)" this change to the fstab file also worked for me. the package manager and terminal or now appear to be operating normally. -- update manager "Error failed to fork pty" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338071 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs