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I have installed Ubuntu 20.04. Yesterday when I tried to boot my system I got an /dev/sda3: clean .... message.

It seems to check the file system but the numbers didn't change. I waited for it to complete but continued until today. I tried to boot through safe mode, but had no success. what should I do to boot it successfully?

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heynnema
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Abindra Raj Dangol
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  • Sounds to me like a failing or failed hard drive. You can possibly boot installation media to run a live session to access the file system. Keep in mind that if the hard drive is failing, any further actions can decrease the likelihood that you will be able to retrieve any data – Nmath Feb 09 '22 at 19:09
  • Status please... – heynnema Feb 12 '22 at 00:02
  • @Nmath thanks for notifying me regarding failing of the hard drive. – Abindra Raj Dangol Feb 13 '22 at 04:36
  • @heynnema Successfully booted, followed step - reinstall drivers and then reinstall display manager (sudo apt install gdm3). I don't know which step solved my issue.

    Followed the steps from https://askubuntu.com/questions/882385/dev-sda1-clean-this-message-appears-after-i-startup-my-laptop-then-it-w

     – Abindra Raj Dangol Feb 13 '22 at 04:38
  • @AbindraRajDangol That wouldn't fix the fsck problem. Edit your question and show me a screenshot of the Disks application SMART Data & Tests data window. Enlarge the window to capture all of the data you see there. Also, did you do the manual fsck from my answer? – heynnema Feb 13 '22 at 14:47
  • Status please... – heynnema Feb 14 '22 at 17:40
  • @heynnema I changed the question. I guess the issue in fsck is not what I had encountered. I tried the suggested steps but it didn't show any error. – Abindra Raj Dangol Feb 15 '22 at 08:49
  • here's the screenshot of SMART Data & Tests - https://postimg.cc/crPfPPm9 – Abindra Raj Dangol Feb 15 '22 at 08:56
  • Do Update #1 in my answer. Report back. Start comments to me with @heynnema or I may miss them. – heynnema Feb 15 '22 at 13:19

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That may be a bug in Ubuntu 20.04, or a failing disk drive.

Try this manual fsck first. It should only take a minute or two.

  • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB in “Try Ubuntu” mode
  • open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T
  • type sudo fdisk -l
  • identify the /dev/sdXX device name for your "Linux Filesystem"
  • type sudo fsck -f /dev/sdXX, replacing sdXX with the number you found earlier
  • repeat the fsck command if there were errors
  • type reboot

Update #1:

Temporarily try booting with nomodeset...

  • boot to the GRUB menu
  • select the desired boot, probably "Ubuntu", probably already selected
  • hit the "e" key to enter edit mode
  • find "quiet splash"
  • change it to "quiet splash nomodeset"
  • hit control-x or F10 to continue booting
  • if it boots, screen resolution may be off
  • start Additional Drivers, take a screenshot, edit it into your question
  • report back
heynnema
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  • thanks for your time and concern, I followed step 2 but it again shows - dev/sda3: clean, ............

    I did some research over the issue and found that lots of people had faced same issue. there were different solutions. but i followed following steps and now my computer is working fine.

    login through TTY3

     – Abindra Raj Dangol Feb 17 '22 at 05:07
  • Here is the steps i followed: login through TTY3 and then followed these - sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

    sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall and finally reinstall display manager - sudo apt install gdm3

     – Abindra Raj Dangol Feb 17 '22 at 05:20
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Here is the steps I followed:

  1. login through TTY3
  2. sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
  3. sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
  4. reinstall display manager, sudo apt install gdm3

This post helped me: "dev/sda1: clean, ..." This message appears after I startup my laptop, then it won't continue booting

Lorenz Keel
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Abindra Raj Dangol
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This might not be a bug

In my case, it's because I disable the GUI last time before I shutdown my laptop (sudo systemctl stop gdm)

I can still login through TTY with ctrl+alt+f1

Ryan Chen
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