Hi everyone,
I’ve recently been getting this message on shutdown and startup :
“Failed to Start Remount Root and Kernel file Systems”
Anything that fails to start cant be a good thing ?
You might think my system a little strange - but it works for me (most of the time).
I have 6 drives made up of 2 SSD’s and 4 harddrives.
On main 1TB SSD I have Manjaro.
On one small SSD drive I have Win10
On one drive I distro hop and currently have Ubuntu.
The other 3 drives I use for data and backups - including Timeshift and Deja Dup.
The drives are all hard switched - I can disconnect them via physical radio buttons on front of PC.
I recently tried to add Blender 3 to Manjaro - that broke the system and this is now a clean install from the live media.
Since then I’ve had this strange boot message, and sometimes boot fails completely and there’s just a black screen. My only option in that time is to power down and restart.
When I reinstalled Manjaro, I updated and rebuilt Grub - which is good because now have a Menu to select which drive (and therefore Manajaro, Ubuntu or Win10) boots.
Prior to this I had been F2 to jump into BIOS and then select which drive has the boot priority.
The other strange thing is that Restart never works - that gets into a blackscreen and fails. If I want to restart (say after fiddling with resolutions) then I have to shutdown - not restart and until recently be quick on F2 to select the right boot device.
Oh - I also have a KVM Switch so I can share keyboard and mouse and monitor and ethernet with a Work laptop…
Mad setup 
So any advice - how do I make my multi-boot system behave better ?
System:
Kernel: 5.15.12-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=17480e2f-6383-4189-8c7d-ca2681b5aefd rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 R2.0 v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2603
date: 06/26/2015
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.53 GiB used: 1.51 GiB (9.7%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD FX-6350 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver
family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 2 stepping: 0 microcode: 0x6000852
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 smt: enabled cache: L1: 288 KiB
desc: d-6x16 KiB; i-3x64 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 3x2 MiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1584 high: 2275 min/max: 1400/3900 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2275 2: 1450
3: 1431 4: 1544 5: 1404 6: 1404 bogomips: 46978
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov
cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists
extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht
hw_pstate ibpb ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
msr mtrr nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat
pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean
vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK106 [GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: nvidia v: 470.94 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:11c2 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 10-1.1:3 chip-ID: 046d:081b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.21.1.2 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: nvidia resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK106 HDMI Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0b class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 10-1.1:3 chip-ID: 046d:081b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.12-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.42 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8812AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: rtl8821ae v: kernel port: c000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8812 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
bus-ID: 10-1.3:5 chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: enp4s0u1u3 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.94 TiB used: 14.21 GiB (0.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G
size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: J4.3 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Hitachi model: HDS721010CLA332
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A3EA scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 model: SATA3 240GB SSD size: 223.57 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 0A0 scheme: MBR
ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500620AS
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: HP21 scheme: MBR
ID-6: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Seagate model: ST3250820AS Q
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: E scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 915.81 GiB (98.31%)
used: 14.21 GiB (1.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 17480e2f-6383-4189-8c7d-ca2681b5aefd
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 512 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 993C-E256
ID-2: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 1 KiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21 size: 223.07 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: e03f1481-6694-465e-9597-1352991e2612
ID-4: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs
label: WIN LINUX SHARE 1TB uuid: 7D28ABF135B57E28
ID-5: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 size: 223.57 GiB fs: ntfs label: WIN10
uuid: 01D6F7FD2E83E270
ID-6: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65 size: 463.73 GiB fs: btrfs label: TIMESHIFTS
uuid: 083e92ef-2e41-468e-b990-9f2812062321
ID-7: /dev/sde2 maj-min: 8:66 size: 2 GiB fs: swap label: swapMX
uuid: 04316724-de63-4ac9-bc52-c7c8ed434688
ID-8: /dev/sdf1 maj-min: 8:81 size: 200 MiB fs: vfat label: EFI
uuid: 70D6-1701
ID-9: /dev/sdf2 maj-min: 8:82 size: 232.57 GiB fs: ntfs label: WIN10-ONLY
uuid: 3FDF7FE034CD88F6
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-9: 9-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-10: 10-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-11: 10-1:2 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 10-1.1:3 info: Logitech Webcam C310 type: Video,Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:081b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 10-1.2:4 info: Sunplus Innovation Optical Mouse type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 98mA chip-ID: 1bcf:0005 class-ID: 0301
Device-3: 10-1.3:5 info: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
type: Network driver: r8152 interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 200mA chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 10-1.4:6 info: SteelSeries ApS SteelSeries Apex 3 TKL
type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 5 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 400mA chip-ID: 1038:1622 class-ID: 0300
Hub-12: 11-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 22.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 37 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 37%
Info:
Processes: 230 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1235 lib: 340
flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.12 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.11
Reading other messages these outputs will probably be required :
sudo journalctl -p 3 -xb
Jan 17 19:04:00 Manjaro-PC systemd[1]: Failed to start Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
Jan 17 19:04:00 Manjaro-PC kernel:
Jan 17 19:04:00 Manjaro-PC systemd-remount-fs[260]: /usr/bin/mount for / exited with exit status 1.
Jan 17 19:04:11 Manjaro-PC pipewire[1414]: spa.v4l2: '/dev/video0' VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL: Connection timed out
Jan 17 19:04:11 Manjaro-PC kernel: usb 10-1.1: Failed to query (GET_DEF) UVC control 3 on unit 2: -110 (exp. 2).
Jan 17 19:04:35 Manjaro-PC pulseaudio[1255]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service 'org.bluez': timed out (serv>
Jan 17 19:05:31 Manjaro-PC sudo[1995]: jmg : a password is required ; TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/jmg ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/file -s /dev/sdb2
blkid
/dev/sdf1: LABEL_FATBOOT="EFI" LABEL="EFI" UUID="70D6-1701" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI System Partition" PARTUUID="6aa14539-9e48-4175-b145-fe5c1195c975"
/dev/sdf2: LABEL="WIN10-ONLY" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="3FDF7FE034CD88F6" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Untitled" PARTUUID="078c68b9-2048-460e-b40e-45eccc2091cb"
/dev/sdd1: LABEL="WIN10" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="01D6F7FD2E83E270" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="3c593e5b-01"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="e03f1481-6694-465e-9597-1352991e2612" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="e0643fbf-05"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="993C-E256" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="e0643fbf-01"
/dev/sde2: LABEL="swapMX" UUID="04316724-de63-4ac9-bc52-c7c8ed434688" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="603755d7-02"
/dev/sde1: LABEL="TIMESHIFTS" UUID="083e92ef-2e41-468e-b990-9f2812062321" UUID_SUB="48e4a315-a9ff-4260-be0a-d1813520a95d" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="btrfs" PARTUUID="603755d7-01"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="WIN LINUX SHARE 1TB" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="7D28ABF135B57E28" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="DATA" PARTUUID="4bf6229f-4624-c646-95fe-3833b45c5b1f"
/dev/sda1: UUID="17480e2f-6383-4189-8c7d-ca2681b5aefd" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="e1c969dd-01"
fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may
# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if
# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=ae945cc8-3757-41ad-a586-8394a15b9ad7 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
