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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
