Binary package hint: usplash
When the monthly disk-check with fsck is done, Usplash displays a nice three-lines information message telling you what is being scanned and how to abort it. However, on an up-to-date Karmic system this information is cleared and written to the screen over and over again, apparently at the same intervals previously the now removed progress values were updated.
Each time the lines are removed from the screen and reappear one by one again. This could give the impression that Ubuntu is in an eternal loop.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 31 13:53:28 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: usplash 0.5.49
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=6bd4eace-488a-499e-a79c-ee7e11ce089e ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=nl_NL.UTF-8
LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: usplash
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
UsplashConf:
# Usplash configuration file
# These parameters will only apply after running update-initramfs.
xres=1680
yres=1050
dmi.bios.date: 08/06/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0415
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M3N78-EH
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0415:bd08/06/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM3N78-EH:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
I am getting the same issue. I did a clean install, but added an old ext3 drive to my fstab. I had to restart due to getting a kernel problem reported by apport. Upon restart, the old ext3 drive wanted to be checked. After about 5-6 minutes of the flashing, constantly reporting 0% progress, I hit escape and the system loaded fine.