Re: Slow boot

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Richard Hector wrote: 
> Hi all,
> 
> This machine is taking ages to boot.
> 
> It's a fresh install.
> 
> According to dmesg, this is where it appears to hang:
> 
> [    2.717311] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
> [    2.717398] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.35.0-ioctl (2016-06-23)
> initialised: dm-d
> evel@redhat.com
> [    2.978281] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
> [  121.459392] md: linear personality registered for level -1
> [  121.460391] md: multipath personality registered for level -4
> [  121.461444] md: raid0 personality registered for level 0
> 
> I have started wondering recently about the hardware - could I have a
> clock problem?
> 
> None of the other 'clocksource' entries have a similar lag, and there's
> no similar lag at that point on my desktop.
> 
> Do I need to provide more context, or do more diagnostics?
> 

As an experiment -- try this:

echo udev_log=\"err\" >> /etc/udev/udev.conf

(Or, alternatively, edit /etc/udef/udev.conf and insert/change
that as necessary.)

-dsr-