[Bug 1470745] Re: Non-skippable filesystem check at boot time

[Steve Langasek]

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Title:
  Non-skippable filesystem check at boot time

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  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

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