upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

markz79 · 2010-03-07 19:12:43

After upgrading to lastest util-linux-ng (2.17.1-1) from 2.17.1 "fsck" always hangs at boot. I downgraded to 2.17.1 and it worked again. No error messages are output when it hangs. System is a Dell XPS M1530 laptop.

Thanks.

--mark

kernel26 2.6.32.9-1
Linux laptop-al 2.6.32-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 23 19:43:46 CET 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

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Allan · 2010-03-07 21:12:17

We have a big tracker: http://bugs.archlinux.org/

R00KIE · 2010-03-07 22:19:21

Seems to be working here, forced a fsck with 'sudo touch /forcefsck' and it checked all partitions (ext4) without a problem.

markz79 · 2010-03-07 22:37:41

I should metion that I'm using ext3, although not sure if it matters. Seems fsck hangs before it can invoke fsck.<fstype>.

djgera · 2010-03-07 22:45:46

I guess related to: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18579 Please see the explanation.

R00KIE · 2010-03-07 23:13:16

I do have rootfstype=ext4 in the kernel line so I guess that may help, I have never had any problems like the one you mention.

markz79 · 2010-03-07 23:27:40

Checked out the bug djgera referenced. Wasn't able to resolve by reverting to prev. version then upgrading again. I will double-check that rootfstype option doesn't resolve issue.

markz79 · 2010-03-07 23:37:44

Still hangs with rootfstype=ext3 kernel option. Changed FSCK_ERR=/dev/stdout to make sure no errors are emitted, and none are. Strange.

djgera · 2010-03-08 00:15:02

Try to pass manually fsck and see how respond. (I assume that you don't use any encryption, lvm setup, just the standard)

boot with init=/bin/bash

/bin/mount -n -t tmpfs udev /dev -o mode=0755
/bin/mount -n -t proc none /proc
/bin/mount -n -t sysfs none /sys
/bin/cp -a /lib/udev/devices/* /dev/
echo > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
/sbin/udevd --daemon
/sbin/udevadm trigger
/sbin/udevadm settle

skip all above commands if you have devtmpfs (not by default in Arch Linux kernel26) only need this:

mount -n -t devtmpfs none /dev

Now run a fsck -fv on all your partitions.

EDIT: use openvt is you need more consoles, run before fsck

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ataraxia · 2010-03-08 00:50:38

I saw blkid hang for me. I wonder if that's what's making fsck hang - that it calls blkid and waits forever on it. To solve that, I edited /etc/blkid.tab and deleted lines for anything that didn't need to be there - in my case, I removed entries for loop devices and that fixed it. Probably just removing that whole cache file would have been good enough.

I haven't tried to reboot yet since this update, so I don't know if I'm affected by the fsck problem itself.

markz79 · 2010-03-08 01:08:20

Djgera: Thanks, tried what you suggested. Could do the last mount though as fstype "devtmpfs" wasn't recognized. Was still able to do a fsck and it hung.

Ataraxia: I do have some stale entries in blkid.tab. I'll remove them and see what happens.

djgera · 2010-03-08 01:16:57

@markz79: devtmpfs as said before, only works with a custom kernel with this option enabled it, Arch Linux kernel26 does not include it. You are welcome

About blkid.tab, interesting, is safe to delete it, is just a cache that blkid generate it for each device that "touches". Wating if this was the problem.

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markz79 · 2010-03-08 01:25:49

Ataraxia:
That was it! Had stale references to a couple NTFS recovery partitions. "fsck" is doing fine now. Thanks!

djgera · 2010-03-08 01:30:03

Great!

markz79 · 2010-03-08 01:35:31

@Djgera: That makes sense -- misread it at first. Thanks for your help.

Apparently blkid.tab can be deleted. I moved it and there were no problems.

djgera · 2010-03-08 02:44:16

No problem, please rename add [SOLVED] to title

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#1 2010-03-07 19:12:43

upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#2 2010-03-07 21:12:17

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#3 2010-03-07 22:19:21

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#4 2010-03-07 22:37:41

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#5 2010-03-07 22:45:46

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#6 2010-03-07 23:13:16

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#7 2010-03-07 23:27:40

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#8 2010-03-07 23:37:44

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#9 2010-03-08 00:15:02

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#10 2010-03-08 00:50:38

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#11 2010-03-08 01:08:20

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#12 2010-03-08 01:16:57

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#13 2010-03-08 01:25:49

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#14 2010-03-08 01:30:03

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#15 2010-03-08 01:35:31

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

#16 2010-03-08 02:44:16

Re: upgrade to util-linux-ng-2.17.1-1 breaks fsck[SOLVED]

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