Hi Clive, > It would appear that something is happening in start up that loops > round and hogs memory.
What makes you say that. Have you see an indication that memory usage is high? What's the output of `free -m' once it's up and running and behaving slowly, e.g. copying pictures described above. > How can I find out what's happening during the start up process > please? `journalctl -b' will show journal entries since the last boot. You will be in less(1) so `f' goes forward a page, `b' backwards, and `q' quits. The lines at the start will all have `kernel:' in them as nothing else is running. Note the start time and page forwards until that changes to `systemd:' showing the first process has been started. How long is the gap between the two? You could continue to page forward looking to see if there's a significant gap in time where nothing appears to happen because everything is waiting on something, though it probably won't show anything given your overall description. > My wife's desktop PC running Mint 18.10 takes a very long time in > starting approx 4-5mins, (it used to start in less than 1min). What changed around that time? Have a look at /var/log/apt/history.log for packages that were upgraded just before it slowed down. If history.log is empty then history.1.gz, or 2..., may be the file to inspect. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-07-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
