UbuntuMATE installed, updated and won't boot in the desktop

Hello,

I created a dualboot WIN7 home 64 with UbuntuMATE 64bit on my toshiba L670-147.
(dualcore 2.3 Ghz, 4 gb ram, normal 500 gb hdd, ATI hd5450)

First boot into UbuntuMATE ==> like a charm

After first boot I have run an update an installed a few programs from the welcom-menu.
and PPA: Grub-customizer. Changed prefered boot form ubuntu to Win (the family doesn’t want to use linux on the moment).

After an few boots without changing anything else ubuntu won’t boot to the desktop and I get the following message:

fsck from util-linux 2.26.2
/dev/sda6 containds a file with errors, check forced
/dev/sda6: inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found.

/dev/sda6: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY

  •    (i.e., without -a or -p options)*
    

fsck exited with status code 4
The root filesystem on /dev/sda6 requires a manual fsck

BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help’for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs) _

After this proces I have reïnstalled ubuntuMATE but I have got the same result

Could anyone give me some advise what to do.

Thanks in advance

It looks like the file system is getting corrupt somehow. It could be a sign of hardware failure since you say this happens on a reinstall and occasionally on boot.


To run fsck manually, when you are at the GRUB menu, choose “Advanced options for Ubuntu” and then choose "Ubuntu … (recovery mode)"

A list of options will appear, choose “fsck” and confirm with “Yes”.

When it’s done it’ll say:

Finished, please press ENTER

Take note if there is any errors or if it says “/dev/sda6 clean” indicating it’s all good.

Thanks,

I just tried to follow your instructions and came across some errors.

fsck from util-linux 2.26.2
/dev/sda6 containds a file with errors, check forced
/dev/sda6: inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found.

/dev/sda6: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
** (i.e., without -a or -p options)**
Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Could not connect: No such file or directory (g-io-error-quark,1)

After closing and trying to boot just gives
BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help’for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs) _

Some more suggestions??

Run “dpkg” per the update guide (a network cable connection is required!):

Try running fsck again from the root shell (an option in the recovery menu) or a live session:

sudo fsck /dev/sda6

If that doesn’t solve it, Try adding -p at the end, which will attempt an automatic repair, no questions asked.