Recovering Journal message on shutdown

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After starting a regular shutdown (not forced, simply clicking on the Shutdown option in the application launcher), the following message is presented on the screen for some minutes:

/dev/sda2: recovering journal
/dev/sda2: clean, 521054/15613952, files, 11381735/62435619 blocks

Before the shutdown completes. On the next startup, I will briefly see the second line appear on screen before startup process continues. What could be causing this? Searching the forum didn’t give me any relevant posts.

Output of inxi command: 
  Kernel: 5.12.1-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.12-x86_64 
  root=UUID=fc2eb096-2f02-4a99-896c-b61c9e648c8d rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z87X-D3H v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z87X-D3H-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: F9 date: 08/25/2014 
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present? 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.51 GiB used: 3.95 GiB (25.5%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-4670K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell 
  family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28 cache: L2: 6 MiB 
  bogomips: 27147 
  Speed: 3613 MHz min/max: 800/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3613 2: 2436 
  3: 2707 4: 2378 
  Flags: abm acpi 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 ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht 
  ibpb ibrs ida 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 rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep 
  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 xsave xsaveopt xtopology 
  xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  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 generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics 
  vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0412 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia 
  v: 460.73.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:13c2 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 3-9.4:7 chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa 
  display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 95 s-size: 1027x292mm (40.4x11.5") 
  s-diag: 1068mm (42") 
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96 
  size: 509x286mm (20.0x11.3") diag: 584mm (23") 
  Monitor-2: DVI-D-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96 
  size: 509x286mm (20.0x11.3") diag: 584mm (23") 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.73.01 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-3: FiiO K3 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-10.4:10 
  chip-ID: 2972:0047 class-ID: fe01 
  Device-4: Antlion Audio Antlion Wireless Microphone type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-9.1:5 chip-ID: 2f96:0100 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Device-5: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 3-9.4:7 chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.1-2-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.26 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel 
  port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153b class-ID: 0200 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k 
  v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0030 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  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: 6.15 TiB used: 2.35 TiB (38.2%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 PRO Series 
  size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 6B0Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 EVO 500GB 
  size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: BB6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST6000DM003-2CY186 
  size: 5.46 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 5425 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: GPT 
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: PIONEER model: BD-RW BDR-208D rev: 1.10 
  dev-links: cdrom 
  Features: speed: 125 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes 
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r state: running 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 233.43 GiB (98.01%) 
  used: 34.81 GiB (14.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A 
  uuid: fc2eb096-2f02-4a99-896c-b61c9e648c8d 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 24.4 MiB (8.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A 
  uuid: 08C6-E003 
  ID-3: /media/Multimedia-6TB1 raw-size: 5.46 TiB size: 5.41 TiB (99.19%) 
  used: 2.31 TiB (42.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 
  label: Multimedia-6TB1 uuid: a7f97c08-8984-4100-9e73-cb531cca871c 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  file: /swapfile 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 128 MiB fs: ext4 label: N/A 
  uuid: 30f32a29-cc8c-44c6-b72f-97fc8b202ce9 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 465.2 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 6A8E3B408E3B03DB 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 450 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 4C22E56C22E55B88 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 14 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 3-8:2 info: Alcor Micro Multi Flash Reader type: Mass Storage 
  driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA 
  chip-ID: 058f:6366 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-6: 3-9:3 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip-ID: 045b:0209 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 3-9.1:5 info: Antlion Audio Antlion Wireless Microphone 
  type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 3 
  rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 2f96:0100 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: 3-9.4:7 info: Logitech Webcam C270 type: Video,Audio 
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-7: 3-10:4 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  chip-ID: 045b:0209 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 3-10.4:10 info: FiiO K3 type: Audio driver: snd-usb-audio 
  interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 2972:0047 class-ID: fe01 
  Device-2: 3-13:6 info: ROCCAT Kone Pure Owl-Eye type: Mouse,Keyboard 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 1e7d:2dcd class-ID: 0300 
  Device-3: 3-14:9 info: Logitech Gaming Keyboard G610 type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:c338 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-8: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-9: 4-5:2 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 045b:0210 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-10: 4-6:3 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 045b:0210 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 42 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 250 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 247 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: 1386 pacman: 1380 lib: 414 flatpak: 0 
  snap: 6 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.04
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Hi @asorel,

The message is from the fsck module in the startup and shutdown hooks.

I’d say yours isn’t a worry as is specifiees /dev/sda2: clean...

If anyone knows else, feel free to correct me.

Anyway, hope this helps!

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If nothing adverse is happening, then why is fsck displaying the message at all? This isn’t something I’ve seen previously, which would imply something about my system has changed, leading to these messages being displayed.

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The only thing that may have changed is the verbosity level of systemd. :wink:

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AFAIK previously fsck wasn’t enabled by default. I had to turn mine on specifically. Not that I was looking for it. Just saw it somewhere and thought it was a good idea.

So, as @Aragorn, possibly the verbosity of systemd changed, or the hook got enabled by default with the last update.

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@Mirdarthos @Aragorn Thank you for your replies. Should I be worried about the long shutdown time at all? My system stays on that screen for at least two minutes before the shutdown process is complete, which seems abnormally long.

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Personally, I wouldn’t worry. It feels long for me too. But I’m used to it by now. I shut it down and buzz off, leaving it to do it’s own thing.

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