Ok, I think I just proved its not Ext4 causing the problem, but in fact Mint's mdm. I rebooted to X-only without a display manager. Then rebooted to Ubuntu to check the fs again. fsck was clean.
I wanted to make sure the initramfs was deployed and all the proc devices.
I decided to try another FS, so I installed Mint 14 on ReiserFS. That went smoth enough.
Once installed I booted to the new Mint 14 ReiserFS. Then after reboot, this time fsck had some rather strange messages, which I found out are error messages caused by improper shutdown!
Here's the reiserFS check messages. I did it twice so to compare a good ReiserFS check:
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$ sudo fsck /dev/sda7
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
reiserfsck 3.6.21 (2009 www.namesys.com)
*************************************************************
** If you are using the latest reiserfsprogs and it fails **
** please email bug reports to reiserfs-list@namesys.com, **
** providing as much information as possible -- your **
** hardware, kernel, patches, settings, all reiserfsck **
** messages (including version), the reiserfsck logfile, **
** check the syslog file for any related information. **
** If you would like advice on using this program, support **
** is available for $25 at www.namesys.com/support.html. **
*************************************************************
Will read-only check consistency of the filesystem on /dev/sda7
Will put log info to 'stdout'
Do you want to run this program?[N/Yes] (note need to type Yes if you do):Yes
###########
reiserfsck --check started at Fri May 17 04:41:08 2013
###########
Replaying journal: Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1489, desc 3986, len 26, commit 4013, next trans offset 3996
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1491, desc 4124, len 20, commit 4145, next trans offset 4128
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1492, desc 4146, len 20, commit 4167, next trans offset 4150
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1493, desc 4168, len 21, commit 4190, next trans offset 4173
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1494, desc 4191, len 26, commit 4218, next trans offset 4201
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1495, desc 4219, len 6, commit 4226, next trans offset 4209
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1496, desc 4227, len 26, commit 4254, next trans offset 4237
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1497, desc 4255, len 18, commit 4274, next trans offset 4257
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1498, desc 4275, len 19, commit 4295, next trans offset 4278
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1499, desc 4296, len 8, commit 4305, next trans offset 4288
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1500, desc 4306, len 17, commit 4324, next trans offset 4307
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1501, desc 4325, len 8, commit 4334, next trans offset 4317
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1502, desc 4335, len 6, commit 4342, next trans offset 4325
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1503, desc 4343, len 11, commit 4355, next trans offset 4338
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1504, desc 4356, len 9, commit 4366, next trans offset 4349
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1505, desc 4367, len 11, commit 4379, next trans offset 4362
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1506, desc 4380, len 10, commit 4391, next trans offset 4374
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1507, desc 4392, len 6, commit 4399, next trans offset 4382
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1508, desc 4400, len 17, commit 4418, next trans offset 4401
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1509, desc 4419, len 2, commit 4422, next trans offset 4405
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1510, desc 4423, len 22, commit 4446, next trans offset 4429
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1511, desc 4447, len 15, commit 4463, next trans offset 4446
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1512, desc 4464, len 31, commit 4496, next trans offset 4479
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1513, desc 4497, len 8, commit 4506, next trans offset 4489
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1514, desc 4507, len 1, commit 4509, next trans offset 4492
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1515, desc 4510, len 1, commit 4512, next trans offset 4495
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1516, desc 4513, len 17, commit 4531, next trans offset 4514
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1517, desc 4532, len 13, commit 4546, next trans offset 4529
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1518, desc 4547, len 1, commit 4549, next trans offset 4532
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1519, desc 4550, len 1, commit 4552, next trans offset 4535
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1520, desc 4553, len 1, commit 4555, next trans offset 4538
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1521, desc 4556, len 1, commit 4558, next trans offset 4541
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1522, desc 4559, len 1, commit 4561, next trans offset 4544
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1523, desc 4562, len 1, commit 4564, next trans offset 4547
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1524, desc 4565, len 1, commit 4567, next trans offset 4550
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1525, desc 4568, len 1, commit 4570, next trans offset 4553
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1526, desc 4571, len 2, commit 4574, next trans offset 4557
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1527, desc 4575, len 1, commit 4577, next trans offset 4560
Trans replayed: mountid 14, transid 1528, desc 4578, len 1, commit 4580, next trans offset 4563
Replaying journal: Done.
Reiserfs journal '/dev/sda7' in blocks [18..8211]: 40 transactions replayed
Checking internal tree.. finished
Comparing bitmaps..finished
Checking Semantic tree:
finished
No corruptions found
There are on the filesystem:
Leaves 6508
Internal nodes 47
Directories 15466
Other files 138797
Data block pointers 759408 (71 of them are zero)
Safe links 0
###########
reiserfsck finished at Fri May 17 04:41:17 2013
###########
===second fsck===
$ sudo fsck /dev/sda7
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
reiserfsck 3.6.21 (2009 www.namesys.com)
*************************************************************
** If you are using the latest reiserfsprogs and it fails **
** please email bug reports to reiserfs-list@namesys.com, **
** providing as much information as possible -- your **
** hardware, kernel, patches, settings, all reiserfsck **
** messages (including version), the reiserfsck logfile, **
** check the syslog file for any related information. **
** If you would like advice on using this program, support **
** is available for $25 at www.namesys.com/support.html. **
*************************************************************
Will read-only check consistency of the filesystem on /dev/sda7
Will put log info to 'stdout'
Do you want to run this program?[N/Yes] (note need to type Yes if you do):Yes
###########
reiserfsck --check started at Fri May 17 04:43:04 2013
###########
Replaying journal: Done.
Reiserfs journal '/dev/sda7' in blocks [18..8211]: 0 transactions replayed
Checking internal tree.. finished
Comparing bitmaps..finished
Checking Semantic tree:
finished
No corruptions found
There are on the filesystem:
Leaves 6508
Internal nodes 47
Directories 15466
Other files 138797
Data block pointers 759408 (71 of them are zero)
Safe links 0
###########
reiserfsck finished at Fri May 17 04:43:11 2013
###########
Maybe another topic should be opened, and point it to Mint 14 shutdown/Power-off sequence as the problem, and
the fs.
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