Activity log for bug #372430

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-05-05 20:59:46 James Legg bug added bug
2009-09-13 15:19:10 Daniel Hahler description I'm using Ubuntu 8.10, amd64 architecture, fully updated. I turned on my system and after a bit of booting a little bit of fscking I was presented with the following: * Checking root file system... fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) /dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors, check forced. /dev/da1: Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found. /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCOSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e., without -a or -p options) fsck fied with exit status 4 [fail] * An automatic file system check (fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A manual fsck must be performed, then the system restarted. The fsck should be performed in maintenance mode with the root filesystem mounted in read-only mode. * The root filesystem is currently mounted in read-only mode. A maintenance shell will now be started. After performing system maintenance, press CONTROL-D to terminate the maintenance shell and restart the system. Give root password for mainenance (or type Control-D to continue): _ The problem is: - I haven't set up a root password, and a normal installation doesn't use one. So I can't give the root password. - Control-D restarts the system, and the same thing happens next time you boot. - If I boot into recovery mode using grub, the same thing happens. So I have to use a liveCD to fsck /dev/sda1. I should be able to provide the username and password of a sudoer to get the privileges this maintenance shell needs, and therefore fix (hopefully) the filesystem without impossible prompts, experimentation with recovery mode, and multiple reboots. I don't know what caused fsck to immediately say "/dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors": the machine was shutdown normally last time it was used. It is a laptop with a fully charged battery, so it could not have been a power failure between starting the shutdown and unmounting the filesystems. Sorry for not knowing which package this bug belongs to. I'm using Ubuntu 8.10, amd64 architecture, fully updated. I turned on my system and after a bit of booting a little bit of fscking I was presented with the following: * Checking root file system... fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) /dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors, check forced. /dev/da1: Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found. /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCOSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e., without -a or -p options) fsck fied with exit status 4 [fail] * An automatic file system check (fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A manual fsck must be performed, then the system restarted. The fsck should be performed in maintenance mode with the root filesystem mounted in read-only mode. * The root filesystem is currently mounted in read-only mode. A maintenance shell will now be started. After performing system maintenance, press CONTROL-D to terminate the maintenance shell and restart the system. Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue): _ The problem is: - I haven't set up a root password, and a normal installation doesn't use one. So I can't give the root password. - Control-D restarts the system, and the same thing happens next time you boot. - If I boot into recovery mode using grub, the same thing happens. So I have to use a liveCD to fsck /dev/sda1. I should be able to provide the username and password of a sudoer to get the privileges this maintenance shell needs, and therefore fix (hopefully) the filesystem without impossible prompts, experimentation with recovery mode, and multiple reboots. I don't know what caused fsck to immediately say "/dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors": the machine was shutdown normally last time it was used. It is a laptop with a fully charged battery, so it could not have been a power failure between starting the shutdown and unmounting the filesystems. Sorry for not knowing which package this bug belongs to.
2009-09-13 15:19:25 Daniel Hahler summary After fsck failure, mantenance shell asks for root password After fsck failure, maintenance shell asks for root password
2010-07-25 19:21:16 Fabio Marconi ubuntu: status New Incomplete
2010-07-25 19:21:19 Fabio Marconi bug added subscriber Fabio Marconi
2010-07-30 19:17:58 Daniel Hahler removed subscriber Daniel Hahler
2010-08-07 15:22:33 James Legg affects ubuntu linux (Ubuntu)
2010-09-07 20:35:05 Fabio Marconi linux (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Invalid