On 02/17/2012 07:49 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 17/02/12 23:21, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
openSUSE 12.1 64 bit AMD processor;
I have noticed the message 'File system is not clean' when I boot the system. Other than slowing down the boot process this doesn't seem to have another effect on the system. I couldn't find any reason via Google and am wondering if this condition is serious, or can I ignore it?
Also, when the system is rebooted the widgets on the icon bar are rearranged, even thought they are locked. Is there a solution to this?
Enlightenment will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I begin with the assumption that your oS 12.1 system has been installed to an HDD partition which has been formatted with ext4 (or even ext3 or ext2 but not some of the other 'exotic' file systems). If so then proceed as follows - if not then do not do what follows.
Find out on which partition (sdaX) your / is installed - look at the fstab in /etc/fstab to see where "/" is sitting.
Boot up your system and at the grub boot menu prompt enter on the kernel boot command line "init 1" and let the system to boot.
At the logon prompt which you will see logon as root.
Then type-
mount -o remount,ro /dev/sdaX
where X is the number of the partition shown in fstab where / is sitting (or you could look in /boot/grub/menu.lst to see the same information). The "o" mentioned here are not zeros but the letter "o".
Then type
e2fsck /dev/sdaX <ENTER>
and let the filesystem be checked for errors. Answer any questions which may arise as to what you want done with any errors. (The usual thing is to allow e2fsck to do its job by answering yes.)
After this check is finished and errors repaired reboot the system (which is the simplest thing to do; there is something else you could do - but just reboot: hit the reset button).
Any questions - ask
BC
Thank you for your prompt and detailed reply. I followed your instructions and solved the problem. No more long lines in the boot messages. The widgets were still rearranged when I rebooted the system, but that , of course, is a different problem. I really appreciate your detailed guidance, it's yust what a OS dummy such as myself needed. -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate http://www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Skype: smolnar1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org