[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Eol is very close; so its time to use a newer release ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Invalid ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Triaged = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I'm using 9x64 with all updates and I've posted question on mint forums for last 6 month and have 0 replies. Auto fsck has never finished for me on this install. Seems everyone is working on the newest disaster, ahh, distribution. The problem with all linux distributions is that no-one cares about a finished product. They just barely get it to work, then it is on to the next thing. PLEASE FINISH ONE THING COMPLETELY BEFORE GOING ON TO THE NEXT. BECAUSE THE NEXT THING WILL JUST HAVE ANOTHER SET OF BUGS, AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A UN-BUGGED, CLEAN RUNNING PROGRAM. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2011-10-25: And there are a number of other plymouth bugs present that are higher-impact than this one, so it is unlikely that this bug will receive further attention for 10.04. That's true for sure. With this in mind it is definitely a shame that Canonical tries to prevent users from un-installing plymouth by artificially setting plymouth as dependency for mountall. Workarounds see bug #556372 - which is marked won't fix. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 06:49:14PM -, ingo wrote: Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2011-10-25: And there are a number of other plymouth bugs present that are higher-impact than this one, so it is unlikely that this bug will receive further attention for 10.04. That's true for sure. With this in mind it is definitely a shame that Canonical tries to prevent users from un-installing plymouth by artificially setting plymouth as dependency for mountall. It is not an artificial dependency. *mountall cannot communicate with the user without plymouth.* There must be some framework for multiplexing boot-time I/O in order to let packages like mountall communicate with the user, and that framework is plymouth. There aren't even any other contenders in the field. And your persistent sniping here about Ubuntu design decisions is an inappropriate use of the bug system. Please stop. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Please, are there any updates on this issue? The bug is open since 2010-04-29! I'm using Linux Mint Isadora 64bit and 32bit, both are having the same bugs. Please update the Status to Won't fix!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On 25/10/2011 21:31, queo wrote: Please, are there any updates on this issue? The bug is open since 2010-04-29! I'm using Linux Mint Isadora 64bit and 32bit, both are having the same bugs. Please update the Status to Won't fix!!! But it's fixed in Ubuntu Oneiric. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
25.10.2011 18:38, Chow Loong Jin wrote: But it's fixed in Ubuntu Oneiric. And what does it change with regards to Linux Mint 9 Isadora users? Who cares if this bug was fixed in some fresh-n-shiny Ubuntu and/or Mint release while it is still not fixed in so-called Long Term Support version of Linux Mint? And - to be honest - I still occasionally hit this bug on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS despite the fact that it had been marked as fixed for Ubuntu months ago. Released fix had only changed the frequency this bug happens: before fix I've been hitting this bug every time I force my system to do fsck on next boot. After the fix I hit this bug about once in 4-5 fsck-enabled reboots. Better than nothing but still smells like crap. -- Best regards, Alexey Loukianov mailto:mooro...@mail.ru System Engineer,Mob.:+7(926)218-1320 *nix Specialist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Dear Loong Jin, thanks for your reply. I always thought there is a support for 3 years for LTS releases (Ubuntu 10.04 is LTS). Do I have the wrong information here? Best regards, Kurt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On 25/10/2011 22:59, queo wrote: Dear Loong Jin, thanks for your reply. I always thought there is a support for 3 years for LTS releases (Ubuntu 10.04 is LTS). Do I have the wrong information here? Best regards, Kurt Sorry, let me correct myself. It's been fixed from lucid-updates all the way up to oneiric, and I have not experienced this ever since the fix landed in lucid-updates. That said, I had no part in the creation of the patch that fixed this bug, and don't have a clear idea on what's going wrong where. And I don't use Linux Mint, so I have no idea what's going wrong there either. The status of the bug is correct -- it's fixed in mountall on Ubuntu, and mountall in Lucid (via lucid-updates). If it's still broken in Linux Mint, then open a task there and set it to the appropriate status. There is no reason to demand that the Fix released status in Ubuntu be changed to Won't Fix when it clearly has been fixed over here. So to sum it all up in a nutshell, it's all fixed on Ubuntu, but not fixed on Linux Mint, so obviously something went wrong somewhere in porting the fix from Ubuntu to Mint, so please stop blaming Canonical or Ubuntu for not paying attention to this bug report. If you need someone to badger about this bug occurring in Mint, find a Mint developer. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 05:42:18PM -, Chow Loong Jin wrote: The status of the bug is correct -- it's fixed in mountall on Ubuntu, and mountall in Lucid (via lucid-updates). If it's still broken in Linux Mint, then open a task there and set it to the appropriate status. There is no reason to demand that the Fix released status in Ubuntu be changed to Won't Fix when it clearly has been fixed over here. So to sum it all up in a nutshell, it's all fixed on Ubuntu, but not fixed on Linux Mint, so obviously something went wrong somewhere in porting the fix from Ubuntu to Mint, so please stop blaming Canonical or Ubuntu for not paying attention to this bug report. If you need someone to badger about this bug occurring in Mint, find a Mint developer. There is a task for Linux Mint on this bug already, and its status has been set to 'fix released' by a Mint developer, apparently on the basis that the lucid-updates version of mountall was copied into Linux Mint 9. I believe it's the status of *this* task that the Mint users are concerned with. Unfortunately, the Launchpad bug workflow doesn't make this at all clear. (I think for this reason it might be better for derivatives to use separate bugs for tracking issues, instead of tasks on Ubuntu bugs.) There are also comments that the bug is still reproducible with 10.04 with much lower frequency. This may be true; when this bug was being worked on, the analysis was that there was still a bug in plymouth here, just one with much less user impact now that the mountall side has been fixed. However (as you know, but it appears the users subscribed to this bug do not), LTS does not mean that all bugs reported against that release will be fixed; it means that security support, upgrade support, and commercial support are provided, and that bugfixes will be made on a best-effort basis. And there are a number of other plymouth bugs present that are higher-impact than this one, so it is unlikely that this bug will receive further attention for 10.04. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Just installed ubuntu 10.04.3 64 bits, mountall is 2.15 and getting the same problem. In this post looks like its solved, is it? Tried workaround but is not working. Any hint, Thanks in advance -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Please, are there any updates on this issue? The mountall package 2.19 doesn'nt fix the problem. Is anybody working on this to resolve this bug??? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Please, are there any updates on this issue? The mountall package 2.19 doesn'nt fix the problem. Is anybody working on this to resolve this bug??? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
** Tags added: testcase -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
this fix doesn't work -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Oddly this was fixed in Ubuntu 10.4.2 and its sub-sequent releases. Mint maintains that the bug lies upstream. Oh wth I'm using LMDE now On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:34 PM, queo 571...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: this fix doesn't work -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a duplicate bug report (607507). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: Fix Released Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “mountall” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Status in “plymouth” source package in Lucid: Triaged Bug description: PROBLEM When a disk check is performed, the progress stalls somewhere around 70% and will then take a very long time finishing the remaining percent (10 minutes or more). PATCH Patch for mountall has now been pushed as an update for Lucid, if you are still seeing this problem, make sure you have mountall 2.15 installed before commenting/reporting a new bug. [Earlier patch comments:] Tero Mononen has published a patch for Bug #553745 which applies to the issue described here as well (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/76and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/77) I have created corresponding packages which are available through my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~arand/+archive/unstable !!!Do note that this is an unofficial, untested, preliminary patch!!! However testing and feedback is welcome, please especially report if there are ANY (new) problems seen when using the patched version. TEST CASE: (sudo aptitude install bootchart) sudo touch /forcefsck sudo reboot POSSIBLE TEMPORARY WORKAROUNDS 1. Removing quiet and splash from the kernel boot line 2. When the progress has stalled, switch away from the splash screen using the left arrowkey (presumably any arrowkey works). * Both these approaches speeds up the boot process to ~1 minute instead. OBSERVATIONS The fsck message (...) non-contiguous (...) Which I assume indicates the end of the fsck, is printed in the Virtual Terminal (outside plymouth) at around 70% + ~10-20 seconds. Disk activity is null from this point on (presumed end of fsck above). Bootchart crashes if trying to catch the whole boot at once with plymouth (at least for my 1h boot). This problem seems to occur in both plymouthd and mountall, semi-simultaneously: If you are in the plymouth screen, plymouthd is the cpu-gobbler, if you switch away from it using the arrow keys, mountall instead takes over the cpu-eating. # ORIGINAL REPORT Binary package hint: mountall On my system when fsck runs at boot plymouth % completion count goes up quickly (10 seconds) up to about 80% and then slows down considerably: the complete fsck of my 125GB HD, 30% full takes more than 5 minutes. While this goes on the text VTs are all completely blank: just a blinking cursor. An fsck from a recovery disk completes in ~10 seconds so it doesn't look like fsck just being slow. This slowdown was *not* happening on 2010-04-14 with the PPA described by this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/554737/comments/25 The fix in the PPA is now in the mainline lucid but somewhere in between then and today (2010-04-29) something introduced this slowdown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: mountall 2.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 15:38:56 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta i386 (20100317.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IE:en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_IE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mountall To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Is there any help available regarding this bug please?? It is open since 2010-04-29 (!) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On 22.08.2011 17:31, queo wrote: Is there any help available regarding this bug please?? It is open since 2010-04-29 (!) Here: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ - works reliably. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Excerpts from ingo's message of Mon Aug 22 16:07:50 UTC 2011: On 22.08.2011 17:31, queo wrote: Is there any help available regarding this bug please?? It is open since 2010-04-29 (!) Here: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ - works reliably. Bug reports are for helping developers fix and/or prioritize bugs, including dialog with affected users. Ingo, if you are no longer affected, and/or have nothing constructive to add, please refrain from posting comments. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
the problem is not fixed yet -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Dear Clement, first of all I would like to thank you very much for the creation of this great OS Linux Mint. What I'm using: HW: Lenovo Thinkpad T410 OS: Linux Mint Isadora 64bit with ext4 filesystem I've updated the mountall package to version 2.19, but the problem still exists. The fsck process on boot is faster now but when it stops at 100% only the splash screen with no additional info appears on the screen. When hitting ESC the message /dev/sda1: .../... files (0,2% discontiguous) , .../... blocks appears The boot process can only be continued by pressing the c button. * I'm getting the same problem on an Acer Laptop with Linux Mint Isadora 32bit! Thanks in advance for your help! Best regards, Kurt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
** Changed in: linuxmint Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
mountall 2.19 added to Mint 9 repository as a level 4 upgrade. @Justin: Let's keep an eye on it so we can eventually reduce the level to 3 or even 2 in a week or so. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I installed new mountall 2.19 and did sudo touch /forcefsck sudo reboot but nothing has changed. It stucks and I can't see any % progression only information ...presss C... But when I press F1 I can see some info about ... plymouth main process terminated with status ... I wish I could sent a log report but I don't know how to. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Good day. Clem please action the introduction of mountall 2.19 into the repos for Linux Mint 9 LTS so this issue may be resolved. Thanks - Justin ** Changed in: linuxmint Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: linuxmint Importance: Undecided = High ** Changed in: linuxmint Assignee: (unassigned) = Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
When a disk check is performed, the progress stalls (I don't see any progress bar or % but I can't hear a hard disk not working) and I press F2 I see: plymouth main process terminated with status 1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
mountall 2.19 is available for Ubuntu 10.10. The description of the bugfix between 2.15 and 2.19 appears to tackle this bug. The dependencies of 2.19 are satisfied by Ubuntu 10.04. This bug hasn't gone away with 2.15-3. So why has 2.19 not been provided to 10.04? This bug is very annoying and potentially dangerous, since inevitably one has to cancel fsck. Can we get 219 into the 10.04 repositories please? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 Title: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I activated level 4 and 5 updates in mitupdate and updated all packages that are possibly related to this bug (mountall, upstart, plymouth) so they are the same version as in Ubuntu 10.04 now. But the bug still remains. Does anybody know if Ubuntu 10.04 users still suffer from this bug? -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Hello, If people using a up-to-date 10.04 (or later) of stock Ubuntu are still seeing symptoms described in this bug I would STRONGLY recommend they file a new bug report. Mint users are similarly better off filing a bug report in their distribution's bug tracker as it is difficult to tell whether the exact same problems they are seeing exist in stock (updated) Ubuntu too). It possible an issue still exists in Ubtunu but if so posting to this bug report is not going to help as it has become quite long and too confused. A new bug report for Linux Mint users might serve them better. For what it is worth, in Ubuntu 10.04 the 2.15 version of mountall resolved the problem I was seeing. I have just retested the system that showed the problem and the fix still seems to be holding. This suggests that anyone seeing the symptoms described in this bug report with a version of mountall of *2.15 or later* is almost certainly seeing a bug stemming from a different root cause and as such should definitely be reporting the issue in a different bug report (a good bug report should generally only cover one root cause so that separate issues can be closed individually). Good luck! -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Well pardon me. I'm sorry for the wrong info. I just know what took place on my system. So until you have walked in my shoes, you need to keep your attitude and that I know all bull crap to yourself. So cancel my account, who really cares. Its just a linux distro, life still goes on. On Nov 14, 2010 3:32 PM, Chow Loong Jin hyper...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Monday 15,November,2010 01:38 AM, Richard Postlewait wrote: I can't answer that one; sorry. I ... No, I don't believe this issue is present in Ubuntu any longer, see this bug's status on mountall, which was flooding plymouth with events. All the recent noise here was caused by Mint users and Mint users alone. Please Get The Facts™ before posting next time. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You... -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
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Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On Tuesday 16,November,2010 12:17 AM, Richard Postlewait wrote: Well pardon me. I'm sorry for the wrong info. I just know what took place on my system. So until you have walked in my shoes, you need to keep your attitude and that I know all bull crap to yourself. So cancel my account, who really cares. Its just a linux distro, life still goes on. Don't get me wrong. Nobody's interested in cancelling your account. I just requested that you try your best to keep the spreading of misinformation to a minimum. My issue was with how you phrased If I'm not mistaken, Ubuntu still has the same problem. If you don't know, please don't pretend that you have an idea. It was pretty much that comment there that sparked the whole bunch of scathing false accusations about Ubuntu not bothering to fix serious bugs within reasonable time for its LTS releases. If it was not your intention to cause this situation, then I genuinely am sorry for lashing out at you like that. Otherwise, please find better uses of your energy and time that do not involve wasting others' time. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
@ Loong Jin please accept my excuse regarding the statement that fixing the bug in Lucid did take too long - 10 days ist really fast. On the other hand - and that is probably why people including me get upset so easily - the real root cause is something different and in no way addressed to you personally - it is related to plymouth: I followed the development of Lucid since alpha stage and experienced that an enormous effort was put into plymouth to get it working somehow. This eye-candy splash screen had priority over functional features and still today plymouth is causing troubles (the normal user can't un- install it because artificially tied to mountall and cryptsetup and Canonical refuses to correct dependencies). A lot of bug reports like this one are in my opinion related to plymouth which requires to patch 'mountall' and 'cryptsetup'. And these are really patches and no fixes, because they all have to consider not to disturb buggy plymouth. The logical way to solve this issues/bugs would be to purge plymouth and set up a good functional system. Best regards, Ingo -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
16.11.2010 00:25, ingo wrote: The logical way to solve this issues/bugs would be to purge plymouth and set up a good functional system. Correct me if I'm wrong but it is perfectly possible to get rid of plymouth in initramfs and following boot process by simply not installing plymouth themes packages. Yes, it might require to delete metapackages like mint-meta-*, but I don't see much trouble in having them uninstalled anyway because the default set of packages that Mint tends to install is far from minimal set required to get a slim linux installation perfectly fitting the normal office workstation requirements. -- Best regards, Alexey Loukianov mailto:mooro...@mail.ru System Engineer,Mob.:+7(926)218-1320 *nix Specialist -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Enough. Your points are both understood. Quit spamming. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Hello, this Bug is nearly 7 month old and I can't understand, why it is not fixed for LM 9. Regards Andreas -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
It's fixed in Mint 10. On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Andreas Jürgens 571...@bugs.launchpad.netwrote: Hello, this Bug is nearly 7 month old and I can't understand, why it is not fixed for LM 9. Regards Andreas -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug (606588). Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: New Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “mountall” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Status in “plymouth” source package in Lucid: Triaged Bug description: PROBLEM When a disk check is performed, the progress stalls somewhere around 70% and will then take a very long time finishing the remaining percent (10 minutes or more). PATCH Patch for mountall has now been pushed as an update for Lucid, if you are still seeing this problem, make sure you have mountall 2.15 installed before commenting/reporting a new bug. [Earlier patch comments:] Tero Mononen has published a patch for Bug #553745 which applies to the issue described here as well (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/76and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/77) I have created corresponding packages which are available through my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~arand/+archive/unstable !!!Do note that this is an unofficial, untested, preliminary patch!!! However testing and feedback is welcome, please especially report if there are ANY (new) problems seen when using the patched version. TEST CASE: (sudo aptitude install bootchart) sudo touch /forcefsck sudo reboot POSSIBLE TEMPORARY WORKAROUNDS 1. Removing quiet and splash from the kernel boot line 2. When the progress has stalled, switch away from the splash screen using the left arrowkey (presumably any arrowkey works). * Both these approaches speeds up the boot process to ~1 minute instead. OBSERVATIONS The fsck message (...) non-contiguous (...) Which I assume indicates the end of the fsck, is printed in the Virtual Terminal (outside plymouth) at around 70% + ~10-20 seconds. Disk activity is null from this point on (presumed end of fsck above). Bootchart crashes if trying to catch the whole boot at once with plymouth (at least for my 1h boot). This problem seems to occur in both plymouthd and mountall, semi-simultaneously: If you are in the plymouth screen, plymouthd is the cpu-gobbler, if you switch away from it using the arrow keys, mountall instead takes over the cpu-eating. # ORIGINAL REPORT Binary package hint: mountall On my system when fsck runs at boot plymouth % completion count goes up quickly (10 seconds) up to about 80% and then slows down considerably: the complete fsck of my 125GB HD, 30% full takes more than 5 minutes. While this goes on the text VTs are all completely blank: just a blinking cursor. An fsck from a recovery disk completes in ~10 seconds so it doesn't look like fsck just being slow. This slowdown was *not* happening on 2010-04-14 with the PPA described by this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/554737/comments/25 The fix in the PPA is now in the mainline lucid but somewhere in between then and today (2010-04-29) something introduced this slowdown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: mountall 2.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 15:38:56 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta i386 (20100317.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IE:en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_IE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mountall To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscribe -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Thanks for the answer and why not in Mint 9, because a lot of users will work with Mint 9 till ending support in 2013? I am one of it. ;) -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I can't answer that one; sorry. I just know it's fixed inMint 10, cause it came up on my system the other day, took like maybe 3 to 5 minutes at the most. Then it finished booting. I tried Ubuntu 10.10, before Mint 10 RC came out. If I'm not mistaken Ubuntu still has the same problem.lol Mint's just an awsome distro, you can't do better than mint. On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Andreas Jürgens 571...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Thanks for the answer and why not in Mint 9, because a lot of users will work with Mint 9 till ending support in 2013? I am one of it. ;) -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug (606588). Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: New Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “mountall” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Status in “plymouth” source package in Lucid: Triaged Bug description: PROBLEM When a disk check is performed, the progress stalls somewhere around 70% and will then take a very long time finishing the remaining percent (10 minutes or more). PATCH Patch for mountall has now been pushed as an update for Lucid, if you are still seeing this problem, make sure you have mountall 2.15 installed before commenting/reporting a new bug. [Earlier patch comments:] Tero Mononen has published a patch for Bug #553745 which applies to the issue described here as well (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/76and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/77) I have created corresponding packages which are available through my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~arand/+archive/unstable !!!Do note that this is an unofficial, untested, preliminary patch!!! However testing and feedback is welcome, please especially report if there are ANY (new) problems seen when using the patched version. TEST CASE: (sudo aptitude install bootchart) sudo touch /forcefsck sudo reboot POSSIBLE TEMPORARY WORKAROUNDS 1. Removing quiet and splash from the kernel boot line 2. When the progress has stalled, switch away from the splash screen using the left arrowkey (presumably any arrowkey works). * Both these approaches speeds up the boot process to ~1 minute instead. OBSERVATIONS The fsck message (...) non-contiguous (...) Which I assume indicates the end of the fsck, is printed in the Virtual Terminal (outside plymouth) at around 70% + ~10-20 seconds. Disk activity is null from this point on (presumed end of fsck above). Bootchart crashes if trying to catch the whole boot at once with plymouth (at least for my 1h boot). This problem seems to occur in both plymouthd and mountall, semi-simultaneously: If you are in the plymouth screen, plymouthd is the cpu-gobbler, if you switch away from it using the arrow keys, mountall instead takes over the cpu-eating. # ORIGINAL REPORT Binary package hint: mountall On my system when fsck runs at boot plymouth % completion count goes up quickly (10 seconds) up to about 80% and then slows down considerably: the complete fsck of my 125GB HD, 30% full takes more than 5 minutes. While this goes on the text VTs are all completely blank: just a blinking cursor. An fsck from a recovery disk completes in ~10 seconds so it doesn't look like fsck just being slow. This slowdown was *not* happening on 2010-04-14 with the PPA described by this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/554737/comments/25 The fix in the PPA is now in the mainline lucid but somewhere in between then and today (2010-04-29) something introduced this slowdown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: mountall 2.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 15:38:56 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta i386 (20100317.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IE:en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_IE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mountall To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/571707/+subscribe -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On Monday 15,November,2010 01:38 AM, Richard Postlewait wrote: I can't answer that one; sorry. I just know it's fixed inMint 10, cause it came up on my system the other day, took like maybe 3 to 5 minutes at the most. Then it finished booting. I tried Ubuntu 10.10, before Mint 10 RC came out. If I'm not mistaken Ubuntu still has the same problem.lol Mint's just an awsome distro, you can't do better than mint. No, I don't believe this issue is present in Ubuntu any longer, see this bug's status on mountall, which was flooding plymouth with events. All the recent noise here was caused by Mint users and Mint users alone. Please Get The Facts™ before posting next time. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
14.11.2010 19:59, Richard Postlewait wrote: It's fixed in Mint 10. Awesome! Then why the hell is this bug not fixed in latest LTS release? Regular one-year support releases are just a toys for home linux users while corporate one tend to use LTS releases for production use. And the fact that the major bug in LTS release wasn't fixed for months and when a new toy release comes out it happens that the bug is fixed in it while still being present in LTS release gives a very good reason to reconsider using something like CentOS/RHEL instead of Ubuntu/Mint LTS in production environment. Will take this in account in the future consulting my clients. -- Best regards, Alexey Loukianov mailto:mooro...@mail.ru System Engineer,Mob.:+7(926)218-1320 *nix Specialist -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On Monday 15,November,2010 04:42 AM, Alexey Loukianov wrote: 14.11.2010 19:59, Richard Postlewait wrote: It's fixed in Mint 10. Awesome! Then why the hell is this bug not fixed in latest LTS release? Regular one-year support releases are just a toys for home linux users while corporate one tend to use LTS releases for production use. And the fact that the major bug in LTS release wasn't fixed for months and when a new toy release comes out it happens that the bug is fixed in it while still being present in LTS release gives a very good reason to reconsider using something like CentOS/RHEL instead of Ubuntu/Mint LTS in production environment. Will take this in account in the future consulting my clients. Status in “mountall” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Again, Get The Facts™. I don't care what Mint LTS does, but Ubuntu LTS has it fixed, so please don't confuse the two again. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Status in “mountall” source package in Lucid: Fix Released But when - too late! Such things happen when releases are time based instead of when it's done. What is a LTS-release worth when takes months to become ready for use.They are almost done approximately with second point release, so remaining sevice period is by far less then advertised. Why is Mint considering a Debian-based version? -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
15.11.2010 00:11, Chow Loong Jin wrote: Status in “mountall” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Again, Get The Facts™. I don't care what Mint LTS does, but Ubuntu LTS has it fixed, so please don't confuse the two again. Thanks for pointing out on this. So, what is the _real_ current status for this bug? I know how does it behave in Linux Mint 9 LTS (bug is still there). But what about Ubuntu 10.04 LTS? I've seen reports here that it is still not fixed too (most recent was by Richard Postlewait). So whom too believe? P.S. Needless to say that an argument that it took a way to long to fix it in Ubuntu (in case it is really fixed) still counts. And another thing to note: Get The Facts™, this bug is not about Ubuntu only. So I don't care if you care about what Mint LTS does - this bug applies to Mint LTS so all people here blaming about have got all rights and reasons to do so. -- Best regards, Alexey Loukianov mailto:mooro...@mail.ru System Engineer,Mob.:+7(926)218-1320 *nix Specialist -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On Monday 15,November,2010 05:43 AM, ingo wrote: Status in “mountall” source package in Lucid: Fix Released But when - too late! Such things happen when releases are time based instead of when it's done. What is a LTS-release worth when takes months to become ready for use.They are almost done approximately with second point release, so remaining sevice period is by far less then advertised. The bug was reported on 2010-04-29. When was Lucid released? 2010-04-29. Given the complexity of this bug, as you would have discovered if you had actually read through the original comments, it was not an easy one to identify. When did it get fixed *in Lucid*? 2010-05-09. That's 10 days after release. Ten days for a tough bug like this one. I believe we deserve a little credit. Then Mint appears, without deploying our patched packages properly, and a whole bunch of Mint users come here to complain that Mint doesn't work, and blame Ubuntu for it, and then talk about Mint's superiority. Oh, the irony. Thank you for trolling, guys. That was fun, wasn't it? Why is Mint considering a Debian-based version? Hell if I know, and I don't give a damn. Maybe some other Ubuntu developers do, but I don't. Mint can do whatever they want. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On Monday 15,November,2010 08:54 AM, Alexey Loukianov wrote: 15.11.2010 00:11, Chow Loong Jin wrote: Status in “mountall” source package in Lucid: Fix Released Again, Get The Facts™. I don't care what Mint LTS does, but Ubuntu LTS has it fixed, so please don't confuse the two again. Thanks for pointing out on this. So, what is the _real_ current status for this bug? I know how does it behave in Linux Mint 9 LTS (bug is still there). But what about Ubuntu 10.04 LTS? I've seen reports here that it is still not fixed too (most recent was by Richard Postlewait). So whom too believe? Well, given that it is a pretty noticeable bug, and a very annoying one when you notice it, and that the only users complaining about this bug now are Mint users, I would believe that Ubuntu has it fixed, even in 10.04 LTS, but perhaps not in Mint. And Ubuntu 10.04 LTS had it fixed since May 9th, which is 10 days after release, and also 10 days after this bug was reported (it was reported on release date). P.S. Needless to say that an argument that it took a way to long to fix it in Ubuntu (in case it is really fixed) still counts. 10 days is too long? Really? If you used Ubuntu, you should have only encountered this once, if at all, since fsck only happens every 30 days or after a set number of mounts I can't remember. Unless you do reboot your computer that many times in a day.. And another thing to note: Get The Facts™, this bug is not about Ubuntu only. So I don't care if you care about what Mint LTS does - this bug applies to Mint LTS so all people here blaming about have got all rights and reasons to do so. Then you can use this as basis to report about Mint's failures to your clients, but please keep in mind that Ubuntu is not Mint. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Sorry for my bad english and the following is translatet by google: At certain intervals Mint 9 tries to examine me before the start of the hard drives for errors. The process ever run for several hours, but he has not come to an end. In the beginning, I can still read Mint examined 1 of 2 hard drives (progress. The text appears exactly without 2.Clamp and progress bar. Then disappears at some point this line and today I canceled the process after about an hour. The LED will disappear when the two line stops blinking. It also does nothing for hours. The problem have many users of Mint 9 and you can read the Thread in the german community of www.linuxmintusers.de I hope the problem will fixed soon. Thanks Andreas -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Here you can read the Thread in the community of linuxmintusers.de: http://www.linuxmintusers.de/index.php?PHPSESSID=372fd229d183e69a2002e19784600d19topic=2532.msg18576#new -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
15.11.2010 06:14, Chow Loong Jin wrote: 10 days is too long? Really? If it was really fixed in that 10 days and all people reporting here blaming Ubuntu are in reality just hadn't installed fresh updates or are using Mint instead then it was fast enough to call it good level of support. If not - it's a shame for Ubuntu. And it is certainly a shame for Mint that this bug is still unfixed. Then you can use this as basis to report about Mint's failures to your clients, but please keep in mind that Ubuntu is not Mint. It is certainly not. As for clients - unfortunately they prefer working workstations instead of reports about Mint's failures. About half of linux installations in production environment I've done last year were based on Mint LTS (rest were CentOS 5 based). Looking at the history of this bug I would reconsider to use Ubuntu instead of Mint in a near future, probably switching to the CentOS 6 as soon as it would be released. -- Best regards, Alexey Loukianov mailto:mooro...@mail.ru System Engineer,Mob.:+7(926)218-1320 *nix Specialist -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
It is a shame that this bug is not yet solved for Mint 9 It's all very sad, after almost seven months. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Just got a report from my clients using Linux Mint 9. Today three of the workstations stalled at boot displaying plymouth animation screen and doing nothing (this is roughly what the client complaint was). Knowing about this bug I suggested them to press the C key on the keyboard. Shortly after the press all stalled workstations continued to boot normally. So, looks like the bug is still here and awaits to be fixed. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Now, I have installed Linux Mint 10 Julia 64-bit Linux 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:45:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux I checked with command sudo touch /forcefsck sudo reboot Unfortunately the problem still exist. I don't have progress bar showing in %. The process was very quick and system started but I didn't see what was actually happening. Only information that it will be checked. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
And, of course nothing logged under /var/log/fsck :-( My logs are absolutely empty since install of Lucid: cat /var/log/fsck/checkfs (Nothing has been logged yet.) cat /var/log/fsck/checkroot (Nothing has been logged yet.) -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
and this is how it looks in Debian-Squeeze (after touch /forcefsck): squeeze:/var/log/fsck# cat checkroot Log of fsck -C -f -a -t ext3 /dev/sda1 Sat Nov 6 20:02:33 2010 fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2 /dev/sda1: 163080/498736 files (5.8% non-contiguous), 1624972/1994060 blocks Sat Nov 6 20:04:14 2010 and the known progress bar is also presented at boot-up Mint Debian-Edition as well! -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
This bug is not really fixed. On mint 9 kde, when a fsck is asked by the system on boot, he progress to 100% and plymouth works endless. Press C or right arrow key does the boot continue. When i hit esc on plymouth, i see this message : GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): falied due to unknown user id (0). and the result of the scan : /dev/sda1 : 1627009/3571712 fichiers (0.3% non-contigus), 6708217/14284032 blocs. The boot stalls with these messages. When i press c or right arrow key, the boot comes back and i can connectind the session on KDM. see this bug please : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531027 Thank's for your investigation. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I don't even have progress bar. I don't now how long I have to wait so I always press C to stop this fsck process. http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=29t=53170 -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
@axel: That issue is not probably related to this bug, and can even be related to your graphic card driver or plymouth (you did not mention whether you see the pink background with Ubuntu logo correctly or not). Please open a new bug (if you can't find an bug for that already) for your issue since this bug is fixed nearly half year ago. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Have switched to Ubuntu 10.10. No issues at all. Thanks. I wasn't having the problems your listing anyway. On Oct 11, 2010 9:22 AM, papukaija 571...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: @axel: That issue is not probably related to this bug, and can even be related to your graphic card driver or plymouth (you did not mention whether you see the pink background with Ubuntu logo correctly or not). Please open a new bug (if you can't find an bug for that already) for your issue since this bug is fixed nearly half year ago. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57170... -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I also have mountall 2.15.2 installed and I am receiving the error described many times in this report: - fsck does not run correctly at boot - stuck at 70% or so, no disk activity - must hit C to cancel, then boot proceeds as expected - file system is ext3, SATA - running Mint 9 x64 - mountall 2.15.2 The problem is critical for me, as this sytsem is used remotely over long periods of time while I'm on assignment in other countries, and this bug renders this system unusable until I can come home and mess with it several weeks later. ** Also affects: linuxmint Importance: Undecided Status: New -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/lucid-updates/mountall -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Hi, i just came across this bug report after surfing the web for the problem i'm experiencing. The symptom is that at boot time the disk check finishes 70% within one or two minutes. From 70% to 74%, it takes about 5 minutes. From 75% to 100%, it takes a few hours with worst case so far being 15 hours. Other pertinent info is as follows: * mountall version installed is 2.15.2. * the file system format is ext3 % cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS % uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:17:33 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Thanks -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I'm getting the same issue on Server 10.04 LTS. Installing mountall 2.15 appeared to fix the issue, but it has returned. touch /forcefsck does not cause the issue - it only appears without interference (seemingly). I also noticed it started occuring again when the fsck on boot reports 'clean' as opposed to an x% fragmented type error, so this may be related. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On further investigation, it appears that no *actual* fsck is being performed when I get this error. When I use /forcefsck, it returns 0.1% non-contiguous after a short delay, and boots normally. When my boot stalls with a fsck message, no vterms, but sshd active, on the connected display it returns 'clean' for the same partition *IMMEDIATELY*. Interestingly, after installing bootchart my machine boots to login every time without fail, but also during the boot prints the fsck: clean message with no delays for actually checking the drive. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Yesterday, my Linux Mint cannot startup( without any information printed in screen), the recovery mode doesn't work as well, the fsck printed the check results then system stalled? I can restart but cannot proceed any further... -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
@luojie-dune I updated yesterday (Ubuntu Lucid) and noticed that on re- boot, the grub menu started showing up again, even though I had edited the configoration files to hide it. Clearly a recent update meddled with those files, without asking the user. I would imagine that is your issue to. If you boot up your PC using a LiveCD or USB and then read through the Grub conf files, it might fix your issue. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Hello, on my production ubuntu server (HP380G6) 10.04 LTS i noticed this same issue. console was hanging on an fsck .. and when logged i (ssh) a saw the /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session running. ubuntu is completely uptodate (today) and having mountall 2.15 installed. So with the fix of mountall is probably only a partial fix/workaround as a possibel (not tested yet) i adjusted the /etc/default/grub with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= (removed the quiet and only option) I didn't tested the workaround yet, and i'm not 100% now that everything that has to be started is actually started (apart from getty's). ps: actually i have no indication plymouthd was eating CPU at all, haven's specially looked at that, but i see at the time i looked at it the time consumes was stil 0, so below 1 second. Regards, Arjan Filius -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
** Description changed: PROBLEM When a disk check is performed, the progress stalls somewhere around 70% and will then take a very long time finishing the remaining percent (10 minutes or more). PATCH - Patch for mountall has now been accepted into -proposed. See - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to - enable and use -proposed. + Patch for mountall has now been pushed as an update for Lucid, if you + are still seeing this problem, make sure you have mountall 2.15 + installed before commenting/reporting a new bug. - Tero Mononen has published a patch for Bug #553745 which applies to the - issue described here as well (see - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/76 - and - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/77 - ) + [Earlier patch comments:] + Tero Mononen has published a patch for Bug #553745 which applies to the issue described here as well (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/76 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/77 ) I have created corresponding packages which are available through my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~arand/+archive/unstable !!!Do note that this is an unofficial, untested, preliminary patch!!! However testing and feedback is welcome, please especially report if there are ANY (new) problems seen when using the patched version. TEST CASE: (sudo aptitude install bootchart) sudo touch /forcefsck sudo reboot POSSIBLE TEMPORARY WORKAROUNDS 1. Removing quiet and splash from the kernel boot line 2. When the progress has stalled, switch away from the splash screen using the left arrowkey (presumably any arrowkey works). * Both these approaches speeds up the boot process to ~1 minute instead. OBSERVATIONS The fsck message (...) non-contiguous (...) Which I assume indicates the end of the fsck, is printed in the Virtual Terminal (outside plymouth) at around 70% + ~10-20 seconds. Disk activity is null from this point on (presumed end of fsck above). Bootchart crashes if trying to catch the whole boot at once with plymouth (at least for my 1h boot). This problem seems to occur in both plymouthd and mountall, semi-simultaneously: If you are in the plymouth screen, plymouthd is the cpu-gobbler, if you switch away from it using the arrow keys, mountall instead takes over the cpu-eating. # ORIGINAL REPORT Binary package hint: mountall On my system when fsck runs at boot plymouth % completion count goes up quickly (10 seconds) up to about 80% and then slows down considerably: the complete fsck of my 125GB HD, 30% full takes more than 5 minutes. While this goes on the text VTs are all completely blank: just a blinking cursor. An fsck from a recovery disk completes in ~10 seconds so it doesn't look like fsck just being slow. This slowdown was *not* happening on 2010-04-14 with the PPA described by this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/554737/comments/25 The fix in the PPA is now in the mainline lucid but somewhere in between then and today (2010-04-29) something introduced this slowdown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: mountall 2.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 15:38:56 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta i386 (20100317.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IE:en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_IE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mountall -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Invalid ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Triaged = Invalid -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Triaged ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Invalid = Triaged -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Since the fix is still in -proposed and not released to normal updates, I'm changing status to Fix Committed for Lucid. ** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Are you sure, arand? I recently upgraded to mountall 2.15 on a machine without -proposed enabled. It does look as if packages.ubuntu.com is still reporting mountall at version 2.14, but that would be a separate issue. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I just upgraded to mountall 2.15 from lucid-updates. ** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Ah, yes, my bad. I was simply going by the janitor's message above. Great to see this fix out the door. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
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[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
This bug was fixed in the package mountall - 2.15 --- mountall (2.15) lucid-proposed; urgency=low [ Scott James Remnant ] * Fix an obvious thinko error that meant that the Ignore fsck error key for a hard failure was ignored. * When cancelling filesystem checks, only cancel those that are actually checking filesystems; otherwise those that are merely verifying the superblock will return an unrecoverable error rather than cancelled. LP: #577331. [ Steve Langasek ] * Only send plymouth a progress update when there's actual progress to report; otherwise we flood plymouthd with redundant events, and the progress will spin for minutes after the fsck itself is finished. Thanks to Tero Mononen and Anders Kaseorg for the patch. LP: #571707. -- Steve Langasek steve.langa...@ubuntu.com Sun, 09 May 2010 01:04:24 +0200 ** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I just have updated only mountall package from -proposed, and I can confirm that for me disk check time is reduced from 20 minutes to less than one minute. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Problem is a bit different over here. It gets stuck on 90% and takes about half an hour to finsih after this. Adding nosplash to grub.cfg somehow seems to resolve it. Maybe the bug should be moved to plymouth section? -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Uhm. Ignore the above. I now have read other comments and see that it's the same. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
13thSlayer, have you checked if the patch fixes it for you? And also.. any other general updates on this issue? -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released ** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Upgrading to mountall - 2.15 in proposed fixed the problem for me. Disk check now takes less than 30 secs. compared to about 30 minutes before. New package has not caused any problems that I'm aware of. Nice work thanks. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Upgrading here solved the problem too. I see a slow down at 95% but it finishes in a reasonable time. Good work. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Upgrading to 2.15 reduced the time from about 10 minutes (or more, even) to about 1 minute or so. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
[notes #91 and #92] Upgrading to mountall 2.15 resolved the problem on both machines. Netbook scan about 10 seconds, desktop about one minute (down from 10 minutes and one hour). Using lucid-proposed can be *far* easier than the complex Wiki page suggests, but it's been made immutable/uneditable! You can do the entire thing from within Synaptic: 1. System / Administration / Synaptic Package Manager 2. Settings / Repositories / Updates / check Proposed / Close / click Reload 3. Quick-search for item, mark for upgrade, click Apply 4. Settings / Repositories / Updates / uncheck Proposed / Close / click Reload / close synaptic Anyone can try this now to test mountall 2.15 ... but after that, who has the authority to put this simple procedure at the top of the 'immutable' Wiki page instead of the current scary paragraphs of terminal hacks? -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
@ Sitsofe Wheeler, Steve Langasek etc: you are, of course, heroes all. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I can verify that mountall 2.15 in lucid-proposed fixes this bug for my x86_64 Thinkpad T61 laptop without introducing any new regressions. Good work everyone! Although the new mountall doesn't seem to fix Bug #577331, may I suggest it be pushed to lucid-updates anyway as soon as verification is complete? Considering the severity of this bug, it should probably be fixed ASAP. Given how fast fsck runs, fewer users are likely to encounter 577331 than encounter this bug. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 10:53 +, Michael Hampson wrote: @ Sitsofe Wheeler, Steve Langasek etc: you are, of course, heroes all. Can I add my praise?? I've done a bit of development and know how time consuming and exasperating debugging can be. I've been following the process and am sooo impressed. Congratulations and a very heartfelt thank-you. Barry -- Sent from my Dell Netbook using Ubuntu - the Windows-free environment that gives me real fresh air. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10-05-10 06:29 AM, Bernat wrote: I see a slow down at 95% I'm pretty sure that's normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkvoHEkACgkQst0AR/DaKHveqgCcCXiiBUSI/BIxdhZFzUw7iMKI BLAAn1gzIEplpvyREsxlDLAmIoXVhRfJ =Kfo6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Accepted mountall into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: In Progress = Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
** Description changed: PROBLEM When a disk check is performed, the progress stalls somewhere around 70% and will then take a very long time finishing the remaining percent (10 minutes or more). PATCH + + Patch for mountall has now been accepted into -proposed. See + https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to + enable and use -proposed. Tero Mononen has published a patch for Bug #553745 which applies to the issue described here as well (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/76 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/553745/comments/77 ) I have created corresponding packages which are available through my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~arand/+archive/unstable !!!Do note that this is an unofficial, untested, preliminary patch!!! However testing and feedback is welcome, please especially report if there are ANY (new) problems seen when using the patched version. TEST CASE: (sudo aptitude install bootchart) sudo touch /forcefsck sudo reboot POSSIBLE TEMPORARY WORKAROUNDS 1. Removing quiet and splash from the kernel boot line 2. When the progress has stalled, switch away from the splash screen using the left arrowkey (presumably any arrowkey works). * Both these approaches speeds up the boot process to ~1 minute instead. OBSERVATIONS The fsck message (...) non-contiguous (...) Which I assume indicates the end of the fsck, is printed in the Virtual Terminal (outside plymouth) at around 70% + ~10-20 seconds. Disk activity is null from this point on (presumed end of fsck above). Bootchart crashes if trying to catch the whole boot at once with plymouth (at least for my 1h boot). This problem seems to occur in both plymouthd and mountall, semi-simultaneously: If you are in the plymouth screen, plymouthd is the cpu-gobbler, if you switch away from it using the arrow keys, mountall instead takes over the cpu-eating. # ORIGINAL REPORT Binary package hint: mountall On my system when fsck runs at boot plymouth % completion count goes up quickly (10 seconds) up to about 80% and then slows down considerably: the complete fsck of my 125GB HD, 30% full takes more than 5 minutes. While this goes on the text VTs are all completely blank: just a blinking cursor. An fsck from a recovery disk completes in ~10 seconds so it doesn't look like fsck just being slow. This slowdown was *not* happening on 2010-04-14 with the PPA described by this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/554737/comments/25 The fix in the PPA is now in the mainline lucid but somewhere in between then and today (2010-04-29) something introduced this slowdown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: mountall 2.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 29 15:38:56 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Beta i386 (20100317.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IE:en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_IE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mountall -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
The fix works for me. I upgraded mountall to v2.15, ran sudo touch /forcefsck and reboot: Filesystem check took ~15sek for 400GB. Thank you! -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: verification-needed -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
I've tested with the proposed mountall, both with and without the plymouth change in my ppa. I've noticed no distinct difference in speed or otherwise between the two cases. So from a /strictly/ /superficial/ point of view, the plymouth patch does not seem to change anything when it comes to this bug, at least for me. Proposed mountall is good. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
This bug was fixed in the package mountall - 2.15 --- mountall (2.15) lucid-proposed; urgency=low [ Scott James Remnant ] * Fix an obvious thinko error that meant that the Ignore fsck error key for a hard failure was ignored. * When cancelling filesystem checks, only cancel those that are actually checking filesystems; otherwise those that are merely verifying the superblock will return an unrecoverable error rather than cancelled. LP: #577331. [ Steve Langasek ] * Only send plymouth a progress update when there's actual progress to report; otherwise we flood plymouthd with redundant events, and the progress will spin for minutes after the fsck itself is finished. Thanks to Tero Mononen and Anders Kaseorg for the patch. LP: #571707. -- Steve Langasek steve.langa...@ubuntu.com Sun, 09 May 2010 01:04:24 +0200 ** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
copied from lucid-proposed to maverick. ** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Committed ** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released ** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Deeply depressing, I just feel like a newbie reading all this stuff even though I've been completely M$-free for almost two years, but I have the same problem, I've been watching the boot screen for nearly an hour, this really ought to be a top priority for an automatic update, it's completely unacceptable to have so many people affected. My PC is eight years old, my 10.04 install (updated from 9.10) was updated this very morning. Right now I'm off to investigate the various methods for ensuring that fsck never even begins, ever... -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Further to the immediately preceding post, as an experiment, I forced fsck on my one-year-old Acer Aspire One Atom-based Netbook with fresh 10.04 install. It has *exactly* the same bug: the check slows to snail's pace, and C doesn't cancel. You could hardly find two more diverse machines with the same error. This really should be being taken *very* seriously. 9.04 and 9.10 were both brilliant on the netbook. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Michael, On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 02:34:30PM -, Michael Hampson wrote: Further to the immediately preceding post, as an experiment, I forced fsck on my one-year-old Acer Aspire One Atom-based Netbook with fresh 10.04 install. It has *exactly* the same bug: the check slows to snail's pace, and C doesn't cancel. You could hardly find two more diverse machines with the same error. This really should be being taken *very* seriously. 9.04 and 9.10 were both brilliant on the netbook. This *is* being taken seriously, a candidate fix has already been pushed to the lucid-proposed archive. You are welcome to help with testing this fix following the directions in comment #86. Otherwise, you can wait for the fix to be available in lucid-updates, which will happen in a few days once we are confident that no regressions have been introduced with this change. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Sorry ... I'll check it and report back once it comes through on automatic updates. I missed the note #86 because so many of these 90-something comments are in note form rather than sentences, with abbreviations and technical terms that mean nothing to me: I find these pages very difficult to read. Even the helpful-looking table at the top means nothing to me, with no dates to say what happened when or explanations of the terms used. It presently says fix released, but my two machines are still broken ... I didn't realise the nuance about proposed until you pointed it out. I guess simplifying the system for reporting and discussing bugs is not a priority when there's firefighting going on :( ... sorry. -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 571707] Re: fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU
Hi Michael, As one of the random people who has posted a quite a few of those technical comments I must apologise. The aim wasn't to make other people's lives harder... It took the pretty much an entire day last week of non stop work for me to get a handle on the problem (I'm not the world's fastest/smartest programmer) and I was working on a netbook with limited space. I was doing this on my own time (I have no connection to Canonical) but even if I were being paid I could not have gone faster. While I was going along, I was posting notes in the hope it would help others quickly reproduce what I had done and help people guess at new reasons for the problem occurring. Arand and others were working on the problem too. Having spent many hours, I finally came up with an idea I couldn't test as I lacked the appropriate setup (I was working by reading the code and thinking about what might help). I posted it here and it was only then I started searching around at other bugs and could recognise someone else (Temo!) had independently posted a tested solution to the problem much earlier so I posted yet another comment making a link. Arand appears to have quickly turned this into a package people could test and from there things seem to have moved a lot faster. Part of the problem with bugs like this is that they take time to diagnose. As a programmer I can tell you some of the most difficult problems to fix are the ones you can't reproduce on your own machine on demand. Is it something everyone will see? Why haven't I seen it myself? Is there something special about the setup of the people seeing the problem (e.g. disks that take a short time to check, the speed of the computer and the graphical splash settings)? Once you know the cause you then have to come with an idea for the fix. If someone presents you with a fix it is often quicker to look at it and say it right than to come up with an idea from scratch. Once you've done that you have to test the fix to make sure it doesn't cause any new problems (sometimes this leads to the fix being split into two). But who (else) wants to do testing and risk breaking their system? Somehow we need more programmers, testers and community liaisons because these can be thankless tasks. Whatever you do, it all takes extra time and carries risks... You also raised some good general issues too. This is a long bug (it affects many people and attracts a lot of comments because people want to help whichever way they can). The thing is it's hard to know which comments to show people. Often when I am searching for bugs I need to see all the comments to be able to find the one I need but this is clearly not the general case... Perhaps you could file a new bug explaining this and how it could be improved (perhaps comment voting? I don't have a good suggestion there :) ). You can use this link https://bugs.launchpad.net/malone/+filebug . A further issue as you've pointed out is the Fix Committed - Fix Released wording. You are not the first to have this issue. Again perhaps you could file a new bug on that (if there isn't one already)? I don't think it's fair to ask for dates (unless I'm paying whoever is going to fix it vast sums of money) as the ETA to a fix is often like asking how long is a piece of string?. But there's bound to be room for improving the clarity and indicating what stage a bug is in and providing easier to read information about it for new people. In the future I'll try and post less to popular bugs so they are more manageable. Thanks for your comment I hope you succeed in helping launchpad become clearer tool to use! -- fsck progress stalls at boot, plymouthd/mountall eats CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
