[solved] power outage on SSD - can't boot anymore

Hi,
I just had a power outage, battery was unplugged. Boot process stops on the rescue prompt.
The last line of journalctl -xb says :
Failed at step EXEC spawning /bin/plymouth: no such file or directory, error 2
My system is installed on a SSD, Crucial M4 250GB.
Last edited by OlaffTheGreat (2013-09-21 15:41:41)

Well, I see a lot is beeing said about run levels and systemd. Like many of you, if I had the use of init, I have to learn more about systemd before to be at ease. For the moment I'm still quiet buffled.
For now, I can give you relevant red or bold lines I find in journalctl -b --full.
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection cannot be enabled: non-PAE kernel!
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA M4-CT256M4SSD2 040H PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 500118192 512-byte logical blocks: (256 GB/238 GiB)
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sda: sda1 sda2
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Single Flash Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 7744512 512-byte logical blocks: (3.96 GB/3.69 GiB)
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sdb: sdb1
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian kernel: EXT4-fs (dm-2): mounting with "discard" option, but the device does not support discard
Sep 19 11:09:43 obsidian systemd-vconsole-setup[200]: /usr/bin/loadkeys failed with error code 1.
Sep 19 11:09:44 obsidian kernel: intel_rng: FWH not detected
Sep 19 11:09:44 obsidian kernel: ACPI Warning: 0x00000828-0x0000082f SystemIO conflicts with Region \PMIO 1 (20130328/utaddress-251)
Sep 19 11:09:44 obsidian kernel: composite sync not supported
Sep 19 11:09:46 obsidian systemd[1]: var.mount: Directory /var to mount over is not empty, mounting anyway.
Sep 19 11:09:50 obsidian systemd[1]: Unit fancontrol.service entered failed state.
Sep 19 11:24:33 obsidian systemd-tmpfiles[2944]: stat(/run/user/1000/gvfs) failed: Permission denied
For the "discard" option, I will open a thread about SSD if I don't find further informations.
Does the last line show it can't turn on the user ?

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