no feedback when doing fsck after unclean shutdown

[karlsebal]

When the system was shut down abruptly fsck will be forced during next boot. Up to now it was possible to get a feedback when pressing <ESC> or <UpArrow> - although no progress was shown a message was displayed like "/dev/sda1 not cleanly unmounted, check forced.". By now no such message is displayed even when looking for console output.

I think a feedback should be given even in splash screen. Like the feedback when doing fsck after x mounts..

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 93.898187] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
 [ 93.898229] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: link down
 [ 93.898445] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
 [ 95.465196] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: link up
 [ 95.465205] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
Date: Mon Oct 21 17:27:15 2013
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-05 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20131003)
MachineType: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M.
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=7dbba93c-0344-435d-a1b4-79be4c5c3093 ro verbose splash vt.handoff=7
ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=7dbba93c-0344-435d-a1b4-79be4c5c3093 ro verbose splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/02/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0901
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dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
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[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

In 13.10, the output from mountall has been redirected to /var/log/upstart/mountall.log, which will only be written once the root filesystem has been mounted read-write. So you're right that you won't get feedback on the console about what's going on with the fsck.

But why are you looking for these details, specifically? The splash screen should show you that the filesystem is being checked, and show you a progress counter (% done). Is this part not working?

[karlsebal (karlsebal)]

Progress is only shown when the filesystem is checked in routine (<-bad english, sorry). When it is checked resulting from unclean unmount/abrupt shutdown no feedback is given.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Silviu C. (silviucc)]

Still no feedback on the splash screen in Trusty.