Public bug reported: In the past, whenever a filesystem check was forced at boot time the user was notified by a message on the splash screen and had the option to cancel the check by pressing "C".
At some point this situation regressed into the current state where: 1) There is no notification any more. The boot process won't complete for apparently no reason, showing an empty splash or simply black screen. You have to manually step through the consoles and find the one where the actual boot messages appear to find out that there is a fs check running. 2) There is no way of cancelling a fs check any more. This is most intolerable for a productive system since it renders you whole machine useless in a time where you need it to get some work done or if you want to start it for a presentation. If Ubuntu enforces fs checks on boot a skip-option is an absolute requirement for users with large drives. For me, checking a 1TB drive takes 30 minutes! This wouldn't be much of an issue if Ubuntu let me choose when to check it, but it forces me to wait half an hour for a system I might be needing right now. These long fsck times aren't uncommon, other users are reporting this as well: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1815997 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1436446 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu13.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-22.22-generic 3.19.8-ckt1 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jul 2 09:01:24 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-15 (351 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.19.0-22-generic root=UUID=d4590e7b-385b-4c87-bdf1-bcf43bf33b5a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSystemJobs: Error: command ['initctl', '--system', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: initctl: Name "com.ubuntu.Upstart" does not exist UpstartRunningSystemVersion: Error: command ['initctl', '--system', 'version'] failed with exit code 1: initctl: Name "com.ubuntu.Upstart" does not exist ** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug package-from-proposed vivid ** Also affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1470745 Title: Non-skippable filesystem check at boot time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1470745/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
