My notebook is a little slow
I would like to force a fsck when starting
How do I reboot with automatic fsck?
Here you go…
[https://www.systutorials.com/how-to-force-a-fsck-during-next-rebooting-of-linux/
https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-systemd-fsck-root/](https://www.systutorials.com/how-to-force-a-fsck-during-next-rebooting-of-linux/)
I fail to see the connection between your first and your second line. fsch will make your boot even slower I assume?
And on boot, depending on the file system type, a quick check is done and a more thourough fsck then follows if needed.
I am experiencing stopd while working.
The device stops, not even the mouse moves. Sometimes for about 5 seconds and sometimes for more than 30s
There are no processes using too much CPU or Memory
Since I can’t find reasons, I think there may be problems with HD
Maybe quick check on boot is not detecting failures
fsck will only find (and when possible repair) logical errors in the file system structure. Either the file sytem is corrupt and then reading/writing files will result in breaking of programs, or it isn’t.
Hardware failures might be resolved by retrial done by a driver and /or the kernel, but are hardware and can not be repaired by fsck.
I assume checking for hardware problems on your disk is the way to go.
OK, assuming checking disk hardware problems is the way to go.
Is there any way to detect what needs to be reinstated?
You could check the drive health with smartctl. Use a live distro with diagnostic utilities to check your hardware…
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.
Start with simple console and enter:
sudo fdisk -l
This will give you a list of your HDDs/SSDs
Assuming the OS is on /dev/sda, then type (otherwise enter the device your OS is on):
sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
Post the output here in code-tags… 
The output from sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [x86_64-linux-4.12.14-lp151.28.44-default] (SUSE RPM)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Toshiba 2.5" HDD MQ01ABF...
Device Model: TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050
Serial Number: 665ACJJ5T
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 713781c62
Firmware Version: AM0P2A
User Capacity: 500.107.862.016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Fri Apr 3 05:22:50 2020 -03
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 120) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 118) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail Always - 1317
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1224
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 063 063 000 Old_age Always - 15086
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 124 100 030 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1224
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 20848
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 151
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 056 056 000 Old_age Always - 443462
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 43 (Min/Max 14/58)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1032
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 148
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 065 065 000 Old_age Always - 14275
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
224 Load_Friction 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
226 Load-in_Time 0x0026 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 271
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0001 100 100 001 Pre-fail Offline - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 663 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Error 663 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 14730 hours (613 days + 18 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 41 28 40 23 28 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x00282340 = 2630464
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
60 08 28 40 23 28 40 00 09:19:58.747 READ FPDMA QUEUED
ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 09:19:58.745 SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]
27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 09:19:58.745 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 09:19:58.744 IDENTIFY DEVICE
ef 03 45 00 00 00 a0 00 09:19:58.744 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode]
Error 662 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 14730 hours (613 days + 18 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 41 08 40 23 28 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x00282340 = 2630464
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
60 08 08 40 23 28 40 00 09:19:55.325 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 08 00 38 23 28 40 00 09:19:55.325 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 08 f0 30 23 28 40 00 09:19:55.325 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 08 e8 28 23 28 40 00 09:19:55.325 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 08 e0 20 23 28 40 00 09:19:55.324 READ FPDMA QUEUED
Error 661 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 14729 hours (613 days + 17 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 41 08 10 e7 fd 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x00fde710 = 16639760
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
60 08 08 10 e7 fd 40 00 07:48:15.972 READ FPDMA QUEUED
ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 07:48:15.970 SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]
27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 07:48:15.970 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:48:15.969 IDENTIFY DEVICE
ef 03 45 00 00 00 a0 00 07:48:15.969 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode]
Error 660 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 14729 hours (613 days + 17 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 41 e0 10 e7 fd 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x00fde710 = 16639760
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
60 08 e0 10 e7 fd 40 00 07:48:12.536 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 10 d8 70 99 8e 40 00 07:48:12.527 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 d0 d0 f0 e6 8f 40 00 07:48:12.512 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 90 c8 70 8b 8e 40 00 07:48:12.510 READ FPDMA QUEUED
60 20 50 50 8b 8e 40 00 07:48:12.497 READ FPDMA QUEUED
Error 659 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 14729 hours (613 days + 17 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 41 b8 10 e7 fd 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x00fde710 = 16639760
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
60 08 b8 10 e7 fd 40 00 07:48:09.063 READ FPDMA QUEUED
ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 07:48:09.062 SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature]
27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 07:48:09.062 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 07:48:09.061 IDENTIFY DEVICE
ef 03 45 00 00 00 a0 00 07:48:09.061 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode]
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 15085 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 15069 -
# 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 15051 -
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 15034 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 15017 -
# 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14997 -
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14979 -
# 8 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14958 -
# 9 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14940 -
#10 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14920 -
#11 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14900 -
#12 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14879 -
#13 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14855 -
#14 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14834 -
#15 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14831 -
#16 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14828 -
#17 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14827 -
#18 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14821 -
#19 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14802 -
#20 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14780 -
#21 Short offline Completed without error 00% 14774 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
sergio@linux-p6yn:~>
…looks not that good for your HDD.
You could take out the HDD and do a
smartctl -t long /dev/sdX
on another opensuse with the HDD attached (replace /dev/sdX by the correct device). Then you will learn more about the status of the HDD, the test will take about 2 hours…
You could try changing the SATA cable first (if it’s not a notebook…).