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greyowl
I am using a Dell Latitude D610 laptop and running antiX 17 fully updated.
I tried to start laptop today but it would not boot.
The message on the screen says that the file system has a error.
Then, proceeded with what I think is a long checking procedure.
At the end of this it says “rootantiX unexpected inconsistency–run fsck manually”.
Also, it says /dev/sda1 requires a manual fsck.I don’t know what this means so would appreciate an explanation so I can understand. What would cause this?
I don’t know if this can be fixed and recover antiX and data or if I will need to reinstall antiX.
Fortunately, I have my data backed up on the cloud.- This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by greyowl.
Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
anticapitalista
Boot antiX live usb or livecd and in a terminal type:
sudo fsck -fy /dev/sda1Hopefully antiX-17 will now boot.
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
I followed the above instructions.
During the boot process, it “fix” many issues, but also identified many errors.
It reached the login screen, but when I tried to type in the user name, it would not respond.Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
Xecure
Can you at least login to the terminal interface (Control+Alt+F1)? Maybe you could see dmesg for any error messages.
antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.@Xecure
After boot from hard drive, I get to the login screen with my username already typed in, but the mouse and keys do not respond.
Nothing happens when I try (Control+Alt+F1).- This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by greyowl.
Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
anticapitalista
It could be that the hard drive has failed (or parts of it).
At your boot menu, press e, then add 3 to the end of the line that starts linux.
Press F10 key.
This will boot you to a non-graphical environment.
Do you see any errors?Type
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgradeAny useful messages?
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
If I did it correctly, it says user root not found.
I could not see an opportunity to type “sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade”
It ended with the login screen as before and was unresponsive.
Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
Xecure
It depends on your main boot.
On a simple antiX installation with only 1 kernel installed, it looks like this:
See the “3” at the end of “quiet” (where the red “circle” is).
If you did that and it leads to the same window, then I don’t know what to suggest.
Worst case scenario is using the live session to copy all important files from your home folder.antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.anticapitalista
Sorry, before sudo apt update, I should have mentioned for you to login as user.
If you login as root, then remove sudo from the apt command.Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
@ xecure
Thanks for the picture.
I now have entered it correctly.
It went through a process with some warnings like “root not found”.
Ended with “Welcome to antix” and an opportunity to login–it is a non-graphical screen.
I tried my user name and password but it says incorrect.
I tried demo and demo and still got incorrect.- This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by greyowl.
Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
Sorry, before sudo apt update, I should have mentioned for you to login as user.
If you login as root, then remove sudo from the apt command.I haven’t been able to login to the non-graphic screen. It keeps saying my password if incorrect.
Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
Xecure
Is your keyboard non-US (like mine)? if you type the `password as the user (but don’t hit enter), does it display exactly as how you normally write it?
Do you have a separate home partition (that maybe is not being mounted) or is it inside the root partition?Maybe it is the grub entry that is wrong (as possibly the ssid has changed after fixing the disk (is this possible?) and you may have to go to the live environment and repair grub.
Any suggestions?
antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.@xecure
My keyboard is US.
The user name shows when I type it, but the password does not show.
I don’t have a separate home partition.
I don’t know how to repair the grub.Over the past 6 months, I have been putting the laptop into “suspend” mode for times during the day when I haven’t been using it. Could that damage the OS or files system? What else could cause this problem?
Maybe, I should just install antiX 19.3.
- This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by greyowl.
Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)
Xecure
Maybe, I should just install antiX 19.3.
Before that let us try saving the current system, though I am not too knowledgeable.
From the antiX 19 Live system (USB or CD), see if you can launch Chroot Rescue Scan (Menu > Applications > antiX > Chroot Rescue Scan).
It should find your installed antiX17 root partition. Select it.
It should now enter your installed antiX 17 partition as root.
From there, try to update/upgrade your system, as anticapitalista mentioned.I don’t know what else you would need to do. Try resetting your user password with
passwd your-user
where “your user” is your username. rewrite your normal password and see if on next boot you can login properly.
Another thing you might be able to do is creating a new xorg settings file, but better ask the experts.When finished, to leave the chroot environment, press Control+D
Any other good commands to fix things in the installed antiX 17?
antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.anticapitalista
Can you login as root with your root password?
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
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