Re: systemd - excessive session-creation time
On Sun, 18 May 2014 02:34:35 -0400
Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Although initial tty session (from boot) is quicker than with
> > sysvinit, additional tty sessions are very slow to start, in the
> > order of 5 seconds (which seems like an eternity).
> >
> > Additionally, this slow tty/session creation time is seen when:
> > *) exiting X - ie logout back to terminal (from startx)
> > *) Shutdown from XFCE logout/shutdown dialog
> >
> > When exiting X from a startx at the linux tty, there appears to be a
> > large session tear-down time.
> >
> > In addition, a similarly long duration is seen when (as stated)
> > starting another linux vt.
>
> By default, other than tty1 (via
> "/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service"), VTs are
> started dynamically as needed.
>
> If you want tty2 to be available permanently and persistently through
> reboots, run:
>
> systemctl enable getty@tty2.service
> systemctl start getty@tty2.service
>
> The first command will create a
> "/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty2.service" symlink to
> "/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service", which is more or less similar
> to, in the case of a hypothetical getty@tty2 sysvinit script, having
> "update-rc.d enable getty@tty2" create
> "/etc/rc{2,3,4,5}.d/Sabgetty@tty2" and "/etc/rc{0,6}.d/Kcdgetty@tty2"
> symlinks to "/etc/init.d/getty@tty2".
>
>
And you can set the maximum number of dynamic VTs
in /etc/systemd/logind.conf. Default is 6.
#NAutoVTs=6
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