failed boot in ubuntu

shanp77 · 04-05-2020, 01:49 PM

I'm using a Dell Inspiron 15 5567, with Ubuntu 16.04, kernel version 4.15.0-88-generic.

My Ubuntu installation is failing to boot. Upon restarting/powering on computer, the following errors show up:

Code:

[  0.044000] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check: 0 Bank 6: ee0000000040110a
[  0.044000] mce: [Hardware Error]:TSC 0 ADDR fef1ce80 MISC 43880014086
[  0.044000] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:806e9 TIME 1586058968 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode ca
[  0.044000] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check: 0 Bank 7: ee0000000040110a

[  0.044000] mce: [Hardware Error]:TSC 0 ADDR fef1ce80 MISC 7880014086
[  0.044000] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:806e9 TIME 1586058968 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode ca

[  0.827289] tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI region does not cover the entire 

command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed4087f flags 0x200] vs fed40080 f80
[  0.827359] tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI region does not cover the entire 

command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed4087f flags 0x200] vs fed40080 f80
[  0.919117] Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e
/dev/sda7 contains a file system with errors, check forced.
Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found

/dev/sda7: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
	(i.e., without -a or -p options)
fsck exited with status code 4
The root filesystem on /dev/sda7 requires a manual fsck

BusyBox v1.27.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.27.2-ubuntu3.2) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands

I've tried updating the firmware BIOS on my Dell, no change. Before this issue happened the first time, the screen simply went dark from my Ubuntu desktop, and the system was unresponsive. The Windows 10 Home partition boots fine, although it does seem to run slow and hang up sometimes. Also I've noticed since having this computer that the fan tends to blow loudly a lot.

yancek · 04-06-2020, 07:59 AM

What was the result when you followed the suggestion in the output to run fsck on /dev/sda7?

shanp77 · 04-06-2020, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yancek

What was the result when you followed the suggestion in the output to run fsck on /dev/sda7?

I did eventually run fsck after googling about it, and answered "yes" to each error. After restarting the computer, my Ubuntu install was able to fully boot up. I don't know if this fully resolved all the issues that were being reported, but at least it works for now.

yancek · 04-06-2020, 06:48 PM

If you have problems with the filesystem such as you reported and this happens on a regular basis it is one indication of a hardware problem with your drive.

business_kid · 04-09-2020, 07:15 AM

If you have an ext2/3/4 filesystem, there is tune2fs, which can schedule checks. I wouldn't advise messing much with other features. This gets it to do checks based on restarts. If you don't restart, but suspend you'd be better to do it by caendar, or cron, if you're into it.