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gnome-terminal: There Was An Error Creating The Child Process For This Terminal

in CentOS, RedHat and Friends, Troubleshooting last updated December 4, 2012

I am using CentOS 5 on my laptop. If I open gnome-terminal by right clicking the desktop, I am getting an error that read as follows:

There was an error creating the child process for this terminal

How do I fix this problem and open a terminal by right clicking the Debian / Ubuntu / CentOS / Fedora / RHEL / Red hat Enterprise Linux 5.x desktop system?

HowTo: Linux Mount devpts File System On /dev/pts

in Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, RedHat and Friends, Suse last updated December 4, 2012

How do I mount the devpts file system under Linux operating systems using bash command prompt? How can I mount the devpts on /dev/pts using /etc/fstab file under Linux operating systems?