Ubuntu 18.04 Reboot issue overlayfs: missing 'lowerdir'

Jackson Li

11/25/23, 12:33 AM

Upon rebooting my linux PC, I get this message a couple of times before getting stuck (the [XXXX] are random numbers):

aufs aufs_fill_super:912:mount[XXXX]: no arg
overlayfs: missing 'lowerdir'

Context

I did recently install a GEFORCE GT 710 GPU as well.

I have tried / checked:

From this thread: Boot problem after update - missing 'lowerdir'

Tried booting all older kernels version and all have the same error result
Tried boot into recovery mode and used clean, dpkg, & grub
Tried freeing diskspace
Tried rebuilding / updating initramfs
Tried sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-4.15.0-197-generic
sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*

I have not tried:

snap remove docker

because I am afraid that might delete unwanted items.

"X.Org-X-Server to the proprietary NVIDIA driver" from the thread:

Failed to connect to lvmetad - Stuck on boot

because I could not locate the package xorg-xserver-video-all-hwe-18.04. Note: I do not see the error message that was mentioned in Failed to connect to lvmetad - Stuck on boot:

Failed to connect to lvmetad.
Falling back to device scanning.
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg--root: clean, 500699/15081472 files, 9150222/60315648 blocks

Please help, thank you!

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Jackson Li

11/25/23, 7:03 PM

Resolved: I did "sudo apt remove snapd"

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