[xubuntu-users] start-up disk check

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:15:57PM -0700, Cody Smith wrote:
> >    On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Chris Green <[1]cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > 
> >      On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:48:27PM +0000, James Freer wrote:
> >      > using xubuntu 12.04
> >      >
> >      > I'd be grateful if someone could advise. The disk check that one gets
> >      > every few weeks seems to be hanging for me. It starts the check and
> >      > then just hnags until i click the 'skip'. I've not had this before and
> >      > have used *buntu since 2007.
> >      >
> >      How long did you wait for it to complete?
> > 
> >      It can take 30 minutes or more, possibly some hours even if you have a
> >      really big disk drive).
> >
> >    The skip is shown before the actual check, and isn't an option when the
>    check actually starts, so it's apparently hanging before it even starts to
>    check, judging from what has been said.

It's not like that on my system (xubuntu 12.10), I just see a message to
say that there's a disk check in progress and to hit C if I want to
cancel it.  Then nothing, no progress indicator or anything so one just
stares at absolutely nothing happening for ages.


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Chris Green