Ubuntu halts after few seconds of starting and nothing works command, virtual terminal, GUI

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I installed ubuntu and after a fresh restart the sysyem goes to halt. It shows following error in the virtual terminal
[484.269470] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_find_entry:1309: inode #2093097: comm dconf-service: reading directory lblock 0

Sharad Gautam · Answer 1 · 2015-06-10T13:22:44.923

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Looking at the output from the terminal, it seems there's some problem with partition inodes, you should try below:-

NOTE:- fsck/e2fsck works on unmounted partitions, so you first need to boot to recovery, and then run fsck from there by the option given or by dropping running to root shell prompt and then running the below commands.

Run:

umount /path/to/device
fsck -t ext3 /dev/whatever

followed by:

e2fsck -f /dev/whatever

EDIT:-

This and this will probably help you alot!

edited Jun 10 '15 at 13:22

answered Jun 10 '15 at 13:15

Sharad Gautam

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Generally it goes to halt within a short time but even i get to open terminal and enter some commands it returns Input/Output Error – sigdelsanjog Jun 10 '15 at 13:18
Then, probably fsck is not the issue, you may need to reformat the partition and reinstall Ubuntu, if that doesn't fix it then maybe a HDD issue, BTW are you sure your HDD is perfect ( did it work?) ? – Sharad Gautam Jun 10 '15 at 13:21
What about recovery mode, can you access it from grub. – Sharad Gautam Jun 10 '15 at 13:30
Yes i can access recovery mode from grub. – sigdelsanjog Jun 10 '15 at 13:33
Then try my answer and tell me what you get! – Sharad Gautam Jun 10 '15 at 13:44
Fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 /dev/sda1: 178254/3662848 files (0.2% non-contiguous) , 1321602/14647949 blocks that is ongoing and count in file cheking is not increasing – sigdelsanjog Jun 10 '15 at 13:52
Let us continue this discussion in chat. – Sharad Gautam Jun 10 '15 at 13:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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Maybe a HHD problem, you can check potential problems with SMART on live session, more info here

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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answered Jun 10 '15 at 13:01

Yseader

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Why woukd it boot and pass login screen and gimo to main screen, if it had HDD problem? – sigdelsanjog Jun 10 '15 at 13:08

Ubuntu halts after few seconds of starting and nothing works command, virtual terminal, GUI

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