[xubuntu-users] No indication of disk checks at login

[Istimsak Abdulbasir]

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> I used to get a (small) message on the pre-login screen when fsck disk
> checks were done automatically at start up.  These seem to have
> disappeared now.
>
> Is this a bug?  It's really necessary for the system to say something
> as otherwise it simply looks as if the boot has hung for some reason
> and with big disks it can take a long time for the checks to complete.
>
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> Chris Green
>

As the system is booting, hitting the esc button shows a text-based screen
that allows the user to when the system is doing while it is booting.
During those activities, there is no indication of fsck on disks?

fsck is configured by default to check disks for error every 30th mount or
so. Then it does nothing until it hits that interval. Perhaps, your system
already reached the 30th mark, in which case, it has to wait another 30
mounts to run again.

This ability can be disabled or tweaked at the users end. Search the man
pages for a program called "tune2fs" or read this forum link.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/239709/how-to-stop-filesystem-check-fsck-on-boot

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