Re: [LCLUG] linux mint fails to boot

[Pete Gruendeman]

Hi:

     I think I have a failed SSD or a corrupted file system.  The only symptom before rebooting was that the file system was read only when it should have been open to me.

After reboot:

There is a 60 line display showing:

(initramfs)

some things work, such as:

cd /

pwd

/

ll

ll not found

ls

dev   sbin  init    lib        run       bin   var   proc

root  usr    conf  lib64    scripts  etc   sys  tmp

cd /tmp

pwd

/tmp

ls

mountroot-fail-hooks.d

     Notice that /home and possibly other directories are missing.  I'm guessing that the file system has been corrupted or the SSD has failed.  Any ideas on how to fix this or how to find /home?  Anyone else notice this behavior on a two month old install of Linux mint?

thanks,

Pete Gruendeman

Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

[Tim Anderson]

Hello,

You're familiar with single user mode? I've never been limited to it, but that's what this looks like to me. Try booting a live OS from a separate media. See if you can access the SSD from there.

Tim A.

--
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

[David Klann]

Hey Pete,

Recent version of Mint? Read on if so. This is kind of long, so feel
free to join the Jitsi (see below) if you want interactive help.

While at the "initramfs" (aka "emergency mode") command line prompt see
if /var/log/journal is available (with "ls -l /var/log/journal"). If so,
see if there's anything in the system journal with the command:

journalctl -b -1

where the "-b" option says "show all message since booting", and the
"-1" option says "show all messages since the previous boot". You can
also use "-2" for 2 reboots ago, "-3" for 3 reboots ago, etc. The point
is to search for journal (aka "log", aka "syslog") messages that
indicate whether there is SSD corruption or simply file system issues.

Also, have you tried a file system check? For this, you'll need to know
what kind of file system(s) is (are) on your partition(s). Easiest way
to learn this is:

df -Th

where the "-T" option tells df(1) to display file system types, and "-h"
says to use "human readable" sizes. Mint probably uses file system
"ext4" so to check (and hopefully fix) your file system(s) use (for
example):

fsck.ext4 /dev/sda1

to check the first file system on "the first" drive ("sda").

It's kind of difficult to troubleshoot disk problems over email, so feel
free to jump into my Jitsi conference at
https://jitsi.member.fsf.org/LCLUG_Troubleshooting I'll be hanging out
there today off and on. Or just give me a ring on my cell...

Good luck!

~David

> Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email.
>
>
> --
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "La Crosse
> Linux Users Group" on Google.
>
> To visit our web site, go to http://www.lclug.org
>
> To post to this group, send email to lacro...@googlegroups.com
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/lacrosselug?hl=en
>
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> Groups "La Crosse Linux Users Group" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
> an email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com
> <mailto:lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com>.
> To view this discussion on the web visit
> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lacrosselug/yQ3fsMveL15IXK89Gswciwy4qnDbK_puBZNKmRWJ3biBDDKaQz27iiciWexZVdek7jRP-nPtmU90yJGI19VcvlHWwDf-v_Gsea0pBE05XqI%3D%40protonmail.com
> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lacrosselug/yQ3fsMveL15IXK89Gswciwy4qnDbK_puBZNKmRWJ3biBDDKaQz27iiciWexZVdek7jRP-nPtmU90yJGI19VcvlHWwDf-v_Gsea0pBE05XqI%3D%40protonmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.

[Michael White]

I have never had anything like this happen with Mint.  My bet is a corrupted file system.   Re-install?

I have recently installed Pop!_OS and am quickly learning to love it.  It's working much better for me on a laptop and one desktop than Ubuntu had been working.  It is a gnome flavor and very clean.   I am replacing my main desktop, a 3 year old Dell that just never played well with Linux.  I ordered a System76 Thelio and am waiting for its arrival.

Michael

--
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the "La Crosse Linux Users Group" on Google.
 
To visit our web site, go to http://www.lclug.org
 
To post to this group, send email to lacro...@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lacrosselug?hl=en

---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "La Crosse Linux Users Group" group.

To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lacrosselug/yQ3fsMveL15IXK89Gswciwy4qnDbK_puBZNKmRWJ3biBDDKaQz27iiciWexZVdek7jRP-nPtmU90yJGI19VcvlHWwDf-v_Gsea0pBE05XqI%3D%40protonmail.com.

[Pete Gruendeman]

I'm working on my garage roof while it's light out and isn't raining yet.

I tried

df -a

got a list of options, including -k

entered

df -k initramfs

and found

can't find mount point

so it must have lost the address for the SSD.  I'll try the live boot later and see if that allows me in to see what's there.

Pete

Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

--

--

You received this message because you are subscribed to the "La Crosse Linux Users Group" on Google.

 

To visit our web site, go to http://www.lclug.org

 

To post to this group, send email to lacro...@googlegroups.com

To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com

For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lacrosselug?hl=en

---

You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "La Crosse Linux Users Group" group.

To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com.

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lacrosselug/57C92426-13F2-4BED-8C71-CE78F3F99BD3%40gmail.com.

[Pete Gruendeman]

Hi David:
I didn't see your instructions at first. Once I'm off the roof I'll follow the instructions and let you know what I see. I have not yet checked the file system but will do that.
thanks,
Pete

Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

> > ---
> >
> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "La Crosse
> > Linux Users Group" on Google.
> > To visit our web site, go to http://www.lclug.org
> > To post to this group, send email to lacro...@googlegroups.com
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> > lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com
> > For more options, visit this group at
> > http://groups.google.com/group/lacrosselug?hl=en
> >
> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> > Groups "La Crosse Linux Users Group" group.
> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
> > an email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com
> > mailto:lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com.
> > To view this discussion on the web visit
> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lacrosselug/yQ3fsMveL15IXK89Gswciwy4qnDbK_puBZNKmRWJ3biBDDKaQz27iiciWexZVdek7jRP-nPtmU90yJGI19VcvlHWwDf-v_Gsea0pBE05XqI%3D%40protonmail.com
> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lacrosselug/yQ3fsMveL15IXK89Gswciwy4qnDbK_puBZNKmRWJ3biBDDKaQz27iiciWexZVdek7jRP-nPtmU90yJGI19VcvlHWwDf-v_Gsea0pBE05XqI%3D%40protonmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer.
>
> --
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "La Crosse Linux Users Group" on Google.
>
> To visit our web site, go to http://www.lclug.org
>
> To post to this group, send email to lacro...@googlegroups.com
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com
> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lacrosselug?hl=en
>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "La Crosse Linux Users Group" group.

> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com.
> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lacrosselug/863ed0e8-d6b3-e061-f1f5-a5fb5c11bdce%40gmail.com.

[David Klann]

Stop reading email on your roof!!!! :)

On 8/27/20 10:14 AM, 'Pete Gruendeman' via La Crosse Linux Users Group

[Pete Gruendeman]

And the winner is . . . . David!
My Linux Mint is version 19.3, running an ext4 file system.
David's suggestion of running fsck to check the file system revealed that there were many incorrect free inode counts which were fixed. I don't recall that anything needed to be pruned though I saw fsck do that years ago. After fsck and ran it a second time and it came back OK just about immediately. I typed "exit" and this T400 from Matthew booted up right away. Yay for David!

Pete


Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

[Bob Haugen]

Thank y'all for an entertaining and suspenseful play-by-play,
including whether Pete would get off his roof alive or not.

I assume he did...

[Pete Gruendeman]

Pete is off his roof and alive. And more aware than before why there are no one man roofing companies. This is taking tooo long! At least it didn't take long to get linux mint working. Whew! I'm glad our community is still together, if only at a distance.

Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "La Crosse Linux Users Group" on Google.
>
> To visit our web site, go to http://www.lclug.org
>
> To post to this group, send email to lacro...@googlegroups.com
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com
> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lacrosselug?hl=en
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "La Crosse Linux Users Group" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lacrosselug...@googlegroups.com.

> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lacrosselug/CA%2BSvw0WOHjVw_9%2Bsxqzdfpa4X7TwA239YreSZ_V1OEP_a7BMEA%40mail.gmail.com.

[Aquarius66]

I read an article about this recently... Here is the link:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/boothole-fixes-causing-boot-problems-across-multiple-linux-distros/ 

[David Klann]

Hey Pete!

I'm glad it was a "simple" fsck that solved your problem! And I concur,
it's great that we can help each other even if at a long distance...

Maybe we can get together to help with your roof? What kind of work are
you doing on it? Now that the weather is trending cooler, I'm more
willing to climb a ladder and do some manual, outside work....

~David