[Bug 765735] Re: mountall should cause fsck to show progress on text console

[Michael Neuffer]

Am Di, 9.10.2012, 23:46 schrieb Steve Langasek:
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 09:03:00PM -0000, Michael Neuffer wrote:
>> Could you perhaps update your package to version 2.41?
>
> 2.42 now.
>
>> @Steve: Would you then consider picking up the change developped by
>> Mark?
>
> I don't think this is the right way to address this issue.  This really
> needs to happen transparently, without having to change any config files.
> I
> think the best way to address this would be a change to the plymouth
> details
> theme, to make it process fsck progress information the way the ubuntu
> theme
> does.

I wouldn't know, since plymouth and all those graphical gadgets did
nothing but create a world of hurt for me, I gave up on it and always take
out all graphical booting nonsense immediately after an installation on
any of the zoo of Debian and Ubuntu servers and clients that I maintain.

One of the reasons beeing that booting with more then one encrypted device
didn't work.

I want to know what is happening (or failing) behind the curtains during
the boot process. Otherwise I could instead use OS X or Windows.....

A config file is very acceptable for me. Those who don't want it can
switch it off. Those who don't want to stay blind and uninformed will
switch it on.

@Steve: Don't you agree?

Cheers
   Mike

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Title:
  mountall should cause fsck to show progress on text console

Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: mountall

  mountall should cause fsck to show progress information (-C 0).

  Especially on large FS that take very long to fsck (sometimes many hours) it is very important 
  to know that the fsck isn't actually hanging and still working.
  It is not possible to log in via console or ssh to check the status even for filesystems that are not boot- essential.

  Plymouth splash screen is disabled as this machine is a server.

  This behaviour has caused trouble several times already as the system
  was believed to be hanging and unresponsive and got rebooted while the
  fsck was still running.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: mountall 2.25ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Apr 19 11:51:06 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
  SourcePackage: mountall
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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