This bu affects me too. Issue comes just after a fresh net-install of Ubuntu Precise Pangolin PowerPC.
Since is a fresh install and i even doesn't get the login terminal, don't know how to check /dev/ptmx perms. I'm running a custom 2.6.38.8 kernel, no rd and i do have support for PTYs, also multiple instances of pts. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936667 Title: init(4): no available ptys stops boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/936667/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs