ERROR: Bailing out

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Hi everyone, yesterday while browsing with Firefox the screen went black and I had to turn off the computer and when I restarted it I found this message:

ERROR: Bailing out. Run "fsck UUID=641a882c-5abb-4e5b-be78-881ef49e404c"
FILESYSTEM CHECK FAILED
Please run fsck manually. After leaving this maintenance shell, the system will reboot automatically.

sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
[rootfs ~]# fsck UUID=641a882c-5abb-4e5b-be78-881ef49e404c
fsck from util-linux 2.41
e2fsck 1.47.2 (1-Jan-2025)
/dev/dsa5: recovering journal
Superblock needs_recovery flag is clear, but journal has data.
Run journal anyway<y>? yes
fsck.ext4: unable to set superblock flags on /dev/sda5

/dev/sda5: **********WARNING: Filesystem still has errors ********

[manjaro /]# inxi -v7azy
12System:
  12Kernel 6.5.5-1-MANJARO 12arch x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 13.2.1
    12clocksource tsc 12avail hpet,acpi_pm 12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64
    lang=it_IT keytable=it tz=UTC misobasedir=manjaro
    misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2304 quiet systemd.show_status=1 splash driver=free
    nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  12Desktop KDE Plasma 12v ERR-101 12tk Qt 12v N/A 12wm kwin_x11 12dm N/A 12Distro Manjaro
    12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
  12Type Laptop 12System Dell 12product Vostro 3558 12v N/A 12serial <filter> 12Chassis
    12type 9 12serial <filter>
  12Mobo Dell 12model 05W6N2 12v A00 12serial <filter> 12part-nu 06C1
    12uuid 4c4c4544-0037-4310-805a-c3c04f4b4332 12UEFI Dell 12v A17 12date 09/11/2020
12Battery:
  12ID-1 BAT0 12charge 14.8 Wh (100.0%) 12condition 14.8/41.4 Wh (35.8%) 12volts 16.0
    12min 14.8 12model LGC DELL 991XP66T66T 12type Li-ion 12serial <filter> 12status full
12Memory:
  12System RAM 12total 8 GiB 12available 7.67 GiB 12used 3.34 GiB (43.6%) 12igpu 32 MiB
  12Array-1 12capacity 16 GiB 12slots 2 12modules 2 12EC None 12max-module-size 8 GiB
    12note est.
  12Device-1 DIMM A 12type DDR3 12detail synchronous 12size 4 GiB 12speed 1600 MT/s
    12volts N/A 12width (bits) 12data 64 12total 64 12manufacturer Hynix/Hyundai
    12part-no HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 12serial <filter>
  12Device-2 DIMM B 12type DDR3 12detail synchronous 12size 4 GiB 12speed 1600 MT/s
    12volts N/A 12width (bits) 12data 64 12total 64 12manufacturer Crucial
    12part-no CT51264BF160B.C16F 12serial <filter>
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  12Info 12model Intel Core i3-5005U 12socket BGA1168 12bits 64 12type MT MCP
    12arch Broadwell 12gen core 5 12level v3 12note check 12built 2015-18
    12process Intel 14nm 12family 6 12model-id 0x3D (61) 12stepping 4 12microcode 0x2F
  12Topology 12cpus 1x 12dies 1 12clusters 2 12cores 2 12threads 4 12tpc 2 12smt enabled
    12cache 12L1 128 KiB 12desc d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB 12L2 512 KiB 12desc 2x256 KiB
    12L3 3 MiB 12desc 1x3 MiB
  12Speed (MHz) 12avg 1238 12min/max 500/1900 12base/boost 2000/2000 12scaling
    12driver intel_cpufreq 12governor schedutil 12volts 0.8 V 12ext-clock 100 MHz 12cores
    121 1238 122 1238 123 1238 124 1238 12bogomips 15968
  12Flags 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx
    avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de
    ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
    flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs intel_pt invpcid
    invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr
    nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln
    pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap
    smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow
    tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave xsaveopt
    xtopology xtpr
  12Vulnerabilities
  12Type gather_data_sampling 12status Not affected
  12Type itlb_multihit 12status KVM: VMX disabled
  12Type l1tf 12mitigation PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  12Type mds 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  12Type meltdown 12mitigation PTI
  12Type mmio_stale_data 12status Unknown: No mitigations
  12Type retbleed 12status Not affected
  12Type spec_rstack_overflow 12status Not affected
  12Type spec_store_bypass 12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  12Type spectre_v1 12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP:
    conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  12Type srbds 12mitigation Microcode
  12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
  12Device-1 Intel HD Graphics 5500 12vendor Dell 12driver i915 12v kernel 12arch Gen-8
    12process Intel 14nm 12built 2014-15 12ports 12active eDP-1 12empty DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    12bus-ID 00:02.0 12chip-ID 8086:1616 12class-ID 0300
  12Device-2 Microdia Integrated Webcam 12driver uvcvideo 12type USB 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12bus-ID 2-5:2 12chip-ID 0c45:6710 12class-ID 0e02
  12Display 12server X.org 12v 1.21.1.16 12with Xwayland 12v 24.1.6 12compositor kwin_x11
    12driver 12gpu i915 12display-ID :0
  12Monitor-1 eDP-1 12model ChiMei InnoLux 0x15c5 12built 2014 12res 1366x768 12dpi 101
    12gamma 1.2 12size 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") 12diag 394mm (15.5") 12ratio 16:9
    12modes 1366x768
  12API EGL 12v 1.5 12hw 12drv intel iris 12platforms 12device 0 12drv iris 12device 1
    12drv swrast 12gbm 12drv iris 12surfaceless 12drv iris 12inactive wayland,x11
  12API OpenGL 12v 4.6 12compat-v 4.5 12vendor mesa 12v 25.0.3-arch1.1 12note incomplete
    (EGL sourced) 12renderer Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2), llvmpipe
    (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits)
  12API Vulkan 12Message No Vulkan data available.
  12Info 12Tools 12api clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    12de kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor 12wl wayland-info 12x11 xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
12Audio:
  12Device-1 Intel Broadwell-U Audio 12vendor Dell 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel
    12bus-ID 00:03.0 12chip-ID 8086:160c 12class-ID 0403
  12Device-2 Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio 12vendor Dell
    12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12bus-ID 00:1b.0 12chip-ID 8086:9ca0 12class-ID 0403
  12API ALSA 12v k6.5.5-1-MANJARO 12status kernel-api 12with aoss 12type oss-emulator
    12tools alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  12Server-1 JACK 12v 1.9.22 12status off 12tools N/A
  12Server-2 PipeWire 12v 1.4.1 12status n/a (root, process)
    12with pipewire-media-session 12status active 12tools pw-cli
  12Server-3 PulseAudio 12v 17.0-43-g3e2bb 12status active (root, process)
    12with pulseaudio-alsa 12type plugin 12tools pacat,pactl
12Network:
  12Device-1 Intel Wireless 3160 12driver iwlwifi 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1
    12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1 12bus-ID 06:00.0 12chip-ID 8086:08b3 12class-ID 0280
  12IF wlp6s0 12state up 12mac <filter>
  12IP v4 <filter> 12type dynamic noprefixroute 12scope global 12broadcast <filter>
  12IP v6 <filter> 12type noprefixroute 12scope link
  12Device-2 Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    12vendor Dell 12driver r8169 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1 12port e000
    12bus-ID 07:00.0 12chip-ID 10ec:8168 12class-ID 0200
  12IF enp7s0 12state down 12mac <filter>
  12Info 12services mld, NetworkManager, wpa_supplicant
  12WAN IP <filter>
12Bluetooth:
  12Device-1 Intel Bluetooth wireless interface 12driver btusb 12v 0.8 12type USB
    12rev 2.0 12speed 12 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12bus-ID 2-6:3 12chip-ID 8087:07dc
    12class-ID e001
  12Report hciconfig 12ID hci0 12rfk-id 1 12state up 12address <filter> 12bt-v 4.0
    12lmp-v 6 12sub-v f00 12hci-v 6 12rev f00 12class-ID 7c010c
  12Info 12acl-mtu 1021:5 12sco-mtu 96:6 12link-policy rswitch hold sniff
    12link-mode peripheral accept 12service-classes rendering, capturing, object
    transfer, audio, telephony
12Logical:
  12Message No logical block device data found.
12RAID:
  12Message No RAID data found.
12Drives:
  12Local Storage 12total 245.68 GiB 12used 43.61 GiB (17.7%)
  12ID-1 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12vendor Intenso 12model SSD Sata III 12size 238.47 GiB
    12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12sata 3.2 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12tech SSD
    12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 4A0 12temp 33 C
  12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health FAILED! 12on 43d 12h 12cycles 782 12read 33 MiB
    12written 40.1 MiB 12Pre-Fail 12reallocated sector 100 12threshold 50
  12ID-2 /dev/sdb 12maj-min 8:16 12vendor Kingston 12model DataTraveler 3.0
    12size 7.2 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12type USB 12rev 3.0
    12spd 5 Gb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 3.2 gen-1x1 12tech N/A 12serial <filter>
  12SMART Message Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  12Optical-1 /dev/sr0 12vendor HL-DT-ST 12model DVD+-RW GU90N 12rev A1C1
    12dev-links cdrom
  12Features 12speed 24 12multisession yes 12audio yes 12dvd yes
    12rw cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram 12state running
12Partition:
  12ID-1 / 12raw-size 30 GiB 12size 29.36 GiB (97.87%) 12used 22.34 GiB (76.1%) 12fs ext4
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sda5 12maj-min 8:5 12label N/A
    12uuid 641a882c-5abb-4e5b-be78-881ef49e404c
  12ID-2 /boot/efi 12raw-size 512 MiB 12size 511 MiB (99.80%) 12used 27.1 MiB (5.3%)
    12fs vfat 12block-size 512 B 12dev /dev/sda4 12maj-min 8:4 12label BOOT 12uuid CBD3-12DA
  12ID-3 /home 12raw-size 123.42 GiB 12size 120.92 GiB (97.98%)
    12used 21.24 GiB (17.6%) 12fs ext4 12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sda6 12maj-min 8:6
    12label N/A 12uuid 5a83cf39-e879-418f-93d6-9794f52566e8
12Swap:
  12Alert No swap data was found.
12Unmounted:
  12ID-1 /dev/dm-0 12maj-min 254:0 12mapped ventoy 12size 3.64 GiB 12fs N/A
    12label MANJARO_KDE_2304 12uuid 2023-10-15-12-00-38-00
  12ID-2 /dev/sda1 12maj-min 8:1 12size 16 MiB 12fs N/A 12label N/A 12uuid N/A
  12ID-3 /dev/sda2 12maj-min 8:2 12size 60.54 GiB 12fs ntfs 12label N/A
    12uuid C40A4E920A4E8202
  12ID-4 /dev/sda3 12maj-min 8:3 12size 4 GiB 12fs swap 12label swap
    12uuid c9579a4d-8aa2-4bf0-b52e-7bcde779e975
  12ID-5 /dev/sdb1 12maj-min 8:17 12size 7.17 GiB 12fs N/A 12label Ventoy
    12uuid BC9E-47E4
  12ID-6 /dev/sdb2 12maj-min 8:18 12size 32 MiB 12fs N/A 12label VTOYEFI 12uuid C559-2E5D
12USB:
  12Hub-1 1-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 12ports 2 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 1d6b:0002 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-2 1-1:2 12info Intel Integrated Hub 12ports 8 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 8087:8001 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-3 2-0:1 12info hi-speed hub with single TT 12ports 11 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 1d6b:0002 12class-ID 0900
  12Device-1 2-3:5 12info Logitech Nano Receiver 12type keyboard,mouse
    12driver logitech-djreceiver,usbhid 12interfaces 2 12rev 2.0
    12speed 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12power 98mA 12chip-ID 046d:c534
    12class-ID 0301
  12Device-2 2-5:2 12info Microdia Integrated Webcam 12type video 12driver uvcvideo
    12interfaces 2 12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12power 500mA
    12chip-ID 0c45:6710 12class-ID 0e02
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    12power 500mA 12chip-ID 0bda:0129 12class-ID ff00 12serial <filter>
  12Hub-4 3-0:1 12info super-speed hub 12ports 4 12rev 3.0 12speed 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s)
    12lanes 1 12mode 3.2 gen-1x1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0003 12class-ID 0900
  12Device-1 3-1:2 12info Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3/G4/SE9 G2/50 Kyson
    12type mass storage 12driver usb-storage 12interfaces 1 12rev 3.0
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12Sensors:
  12System Temperatures 12cpu 46.0 C 12mobo N/A 12sodimm 2.0 C
  12Fan Speeds (rpm) 12cpu 0 12fan-2 0 12fan-3 0
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    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd 12Init systemd 12v 257 12default graphical
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[manjaro /]#
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Boot up from the live USB and run a full fsck on your on-disk root filesystem, but without mounting it.

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   ~  lsblk -f                                                                         1 ✘  27m 53s  
NAME   FSTYPE   FSVER     LABEL            UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0  squashfs 4.0                                                                   0   100% /run/miso/sfs/livefs
loop1  squashfs 4.0                                                                   0   100% /run/miso/sfs/mhwdfs
loop2  squashfs 4.0                                                                   0   100% /run/miso/sfs/desktopfs
loop3  squashfs 4.0                                                                   0   100% /run/miso/sfs/rootfs
sda                                                                                            
├─sda1                                                                                         
├─sda2                                                                                         
├─sda3                                                                                         
├─sda4 vfat     FAT32     BOOT             CBD3-12DA                                           
├─sda5 ext4     1.0                        641a882c-5abb-4e5b-be78-881ef49e404c                
└─sda6 ext4     1.0                        5a83cf39-e879-418f-93d6-9794f52566e8                
sdb                                                                                            
├─sdb1 exfat    1.0       Ventoy           BC9E-47E4                                           
│ └─ventoy
│      iso9660  Joliet Ex MANJARO_KDE_2304 2023-10-15-12-00-38-00                     0   100% /run/miso/bootmnt
└─sdb2 vfat     FAT16     VTOYEFI          C559-2E5D                                           
sr0
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Run fsck on /dev/sda5 - that is the one with errors.

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I have to mount the partitions, how do I do the command on the partition you mentioned?

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No, you don’t have to mount them - you can’t run fsck on a mounted file system.

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How do I run the command only on the /dev/sda5 partition?
Do I have to reboot afterwards?

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Run the command on the partition.

sudo fsck /dev/sda5
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  • boot from USB.
  • open a terminal
  • type sudo e2fsck -v /dev/sda5 and hit enter
    See what type of errors get reported and whether they can be fixed automatically.

When the check and repair was successful - of course reboot.

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sudo e2fsck -v /dev/sda5  12 ✘  4s 
e2fsck 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
/dev/sda5: recovering journal
Superblock needs_recovery flag is clear, but journal has data.
Run journal anyway? yes
e2fsck: unable to set superblock flags on /dev/sda5

/dev/sda5: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********

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All I could do would be to google what that means and how to approach it - I don’t know of the top of my head.

Maybe use a different superblock - the -b option?
man e2fsck

I don’t know.

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Set this up for future use:

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Thanks for the info, I’ll try to figure out how to do it next time. But can my system be repaired or do I have to reinstall everything?

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Yes.
Check and repair the file system.
I very much doubt that is irreparably damaged.
I just don’t know how, exactly and I’d rather not give instructions.
Have you tried using a search engine to look for the error you got and how to approach it?

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Thanks for the directions, I’ll do some research now but I think reinstalling is the shortest route.

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I’ve not really had any issues like this, I don’t know if it’s fixable or not. How old is the drive?

I’ve been reading up on the error message, but nothing’s sticking out except that the drive may have failed, or try using another superblock.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=276681
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2282368
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1340388/e2fsck-unable-to-set-superblock-flags-while-trying-to-repair-ssd

If it works then using another superblock is probably the quickest.

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If the SSD is broken it would be the second in 4 years, at this point I can say that INTENSO SSDs suck and I will have to get another one.
I do not have an in-depth knowhow of Linux, it would be very difficult and it would take me too long to come up with a solution by myself. Thanks anyway.

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This is what I’d try before trying a reinstallation
(booted from USB, /dev/sda5 not mounted):

Find out the alternate superblocks.
sudo mke2fs -n /dev/sda5

or
sudo dumpe2fs /dev/sda5 | grep -i superblock

Then use one of those numbers (the alternate superblock) to run the check like so:

sudo e2fsck -b one_of_the_numbers /dev/sda5

HOWTO: Repair a broken Ext4 Superblock in Ubuntu | Linux Expresso

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-find-alternative-superblocks/

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Scientific research has shown that the main cause of failure in consumer electronics is the expiry of the warranty. :stuck_out_tongue:

All jest aside, I have never even heard of that brand of SSDs that you mention, but the one in my computer is a now 6-year old Samsung 860 QVO — connected via an SATA3 cable — and it has so far proven highly reliable, so that is definitely a type of SSD I would recommend. :slight_smile:

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The brand rings a rather faint bell, like I’ve seen them somewhere, but I know nothing about them. For whatever it’s worth here’s my opinion:

It’s not something you want to cheap out on, I’d say it’s best to get a good well known brand and model.

I haven’t had an SSD fail yet, most are still fairly young, but one’s over a decade old (albeit in someone else’s computer for the last few years). That’s an OCZ Vertex 4 (MLC), the best I’ve had after that are either Samsung or Crucial MX500.

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