[svlug] Konsole is unable to open a PTY (pseudo teletype).

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Debian Intermediate (jj1234ff at lycos.com):

> root#/> mount
> /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
> tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
> proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
> procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
> udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
> /dev/sda1 on /mnt/sda1 type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
> /dev/hda1 on /mnt/hda1 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=000,uid=1000,gid=1000)

Lacks this:
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)

That should be taken care of early in the init process.  Sometimes, it's 
an explicit entry in /etc/fstab; other times, it's a script in /etc/rc.S/ .