Re: Slow boot
Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> On 1/11/19, Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
> > 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.)
>
>
> Manually editing sounds like a good route because mine says this when
> you get there:
>
> # udevd is started in the initramfs, so when this file is modified the
> # initramfs should be rebuilt.
>
> "[S]hould"... Sounds like some of that should/shall/will.... and must
> (??) coming into play.
Yes, it needs to be followed by running:
# update-initramfs -k all -u
or similar. Thanks for the catch!
-dsr-
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