[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#807091: Bug#807091: xfce4-terminal fails to start with an error message

[Thomas Weber]

Hi Yves, 
thanks for the quick reply.

On Sat, Dec 05, 2015 at 02:51:15PM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > Launching xfce4-terminal as normal user gives the following error message in
> > an error window:
> > "Failed to execute child
> > grantpt failed: Operation not permitted"
> > [snip]
> 
> Well, I surely can't reproduce, so you'll need to investigate more on your
> side. Try running it through strace to check exactly where the grantpt
> operation is failed.
> 
> In any case, it doesn't look xfce4-terminal related at first sight.

You are right, this is indeed #806882 and not related/limited to xfce4-terminal.
I have some devpts entries mounted in chroots, so I was bitten by this.

Feel free to close/block the report as you see fit.

Thanks
	Thomas