Comment 14 for bug 765735

On Oct 9, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Steve Langasek <email address hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 09:03:00PM -0000, Michael Neuffer wrote:
>> Could you perhaps update your package to version 2.41?
>
> 2.42 now.
>

Surprise, surprise.

>> @Steve: Would you then consider picking up the change developped by
>> Mark?
>
> I don't think this is the right way to address this issue. This really
> needs to happen transparently, without having to change any config files. I
> think the best way to address this would be a change to the plymouth details
> theme, to make it process fsck progress information the way the ubuntu theme
> does.
>

I've browsed other bug reports and can responibly say that unless plymouth is removed as a
a strong dependency from the mountall - it is HARMFUL TOWARD FREE _ FREE _ SOFTWARE.

Admit it.

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> Title:
> mountall should cause fsck to show progress on text console
>
> Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: mountall
>
> mountall should cause fsck to show progress information (-C 0).
>
> Especially on large FS that take very long to fsck (sometimes many hours) it is very important
> to know that the fsck isn't actually hanging and still working.
> It is not possible to log in via console or ssh to check the status even for filesystems that are not boot- essential.
>
> Plymouth splash screen is disabled as this machine is a server.
>
> This behaviour has caused trouble several times already as the system
> was believed to be hanging and unresponsive and got rebooted while the
> fsck was still running.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: mountall 2.25ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Tue Apr 19 11:51:06 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> SourcePackage: mountall
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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You've failed to consider your userbase; nobody cares.