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xkcpp

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Registered: 2019-10-05

Posts: 2

Error: Kernel panic - not syncing - Attempted to kill init!

Hello,
I can't boot my Arch Linux system anymore because of this error:

error loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/lib/libaudit.so.1: invalid ELF header
kernel panic - not synchronized - attempt to terminate init!

(See image for full error message)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UL8yA7 … sp=sharing

I really want to understand what is causing this bug and what it means and (of course) how to fix it!

Further information:
The error occurs after my Windows system crashed (blue screen) and after rebooting to Windows (windows repaired itself in a magical way after several reboots), but after that I wanted to boot back into my arch Linux and it failed (I have my windows and my Linux on the same physical SSD drive, but on separate partitions).

And by the way this is my first post (so I am very desperate)

Hope you have a better day than I am

Last edited by xkcpp (2019-10-05 12:20:59)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 19,100

Re: Error: Kernel panic - not syncing - Attempted to kill init!

I suggest running a booting the arch installation media then S.M.A.R.T self test on the device then posting the output `smartctl -a`.
To post commands and their outputs from the console see  the tip box from pastebin.

Last edited by loqs (2019-10-05 12:48:05)

xkcpp

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Registered: 2019-10-05

Posts: 2

Re: Error: Kernel panic - not syncing - Attempted to kill init!

Thanks for reply

I started my Ubuntu from an USB-Stick and
I did:
smartctl -a /dev/sdd5

And I got:
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.18.0-15-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1
Serial Number:    17491A025FAE
LU WWN Device Id: 5 00a075 11a025fae
Firmware Version: M0CR060
User Capacity:    525,112,713,216 bytes [525 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
Form Factor:      2.5 inches
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sat Oct  5 13:32:06 2019 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)    Offline data collection activity
                    was never started.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test routine completed
                    without error or no self-test has ever
                    been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:         ( 1391) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   7) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   3) minutes.
SCT capabilities:            (0x0035)    SCT Status supported.
                    SCT Feature Control supported.
                    SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   010    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       4015
12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       2005
171 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
173 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       22
174 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       739
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   072   057   000    Old_age   Always       -       28 (Min/Max 15/43)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
202 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0030   099   099   001    Old_age   Offline      -       1
206 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x000e   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
246 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       9181370130
247 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       287629674
248 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       211633197
180 Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0033   000   000   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       1937
210 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

==============================================

I also mounted and chrooted to my Arch-Linux system and tried to run nano but I got this error message:
nano: error while loading shared libraries: libmagic.so.1: cannot open shared object file: Error 117

and I tried:
cd /usr/lib
less libmagic.so.1

and i got from less:
libmagic.so.1: Structure needs cleaning

(I know that this is a binary file and reading it with less should give me some garbage output but it should give some kind of output and not "Structure needs cleaning")

It seems that some files in /usr/lib are corrupted

How can I fix these corrupted files?

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Error: Kernel panic - not syncing - Attempted to kill init!

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … an_upgrade

You'll likely need eg.  the arch install iso, because you'll have to do this offline (w/o chrooting into the system)

pacman --sysroot /mnt -Qkk

will tell you about broken packages.

Also ensure to disable https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Du … t_Start-Up - windows crashes and then shreds your linux sounds fishy.

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