[Bug 1939238] Re: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.

[Theodore Ts'o]

fsck -y isn't *always* the right answer.   The reason why the boot
scripts don't just run fsck -y automatically is that sometimes a human
with judgement can do better by manually running fsck instead of just
blindly answering yes to all questions.    For "users who are not
competent" (your words, not mine), yes this may be beyond their
capabilities.   But there is a reason why some jobs, like for example,
fixing airplane engines, requires people who are "competent", and
certified to be so.    If you have a full set of backups, then sure, you
could try using fsck -y, and if that leads to unacceptable data loss,
it's possible that you could recover more data by selective use of
answering some fsck questions, and using debugfs.  The problem is that
"users who are not competent" are also not likely to be doing regular
backups of their data.   :-(

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Title:
  UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.

Status in e2fsprogs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello
  This problem did not occur on my computer.

  https://nsa40.casimages.com/img/2021/08/07/210807015400327092.png

  It occurs in users who are not competent.
  This week, the French forum collapsed over this incident.

  I think changing the advice phrase might improve understanding of the
  action to be taken.

  Can these lines
  "   ( i.e.. without -a or -p options) 
  fsck existed with status code 4
  The root file system on /dev/XXXXXXXX requires a manual fsck"
  become
  "execute this command 'fsck -y /dev/xxxxxx' to do a manual fsck on the root file system."

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: gnome-terminal 3.38.1-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27-generic 5.11.22
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun Aug  8 15:16:28 2021
  ExecutablePath: /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-02 (370 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-07-11 (27 days ago)

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