I don't have any old kernels around. Yes, I believe this to be a regression, since I don't recall having this slow boot long time ago.
Interestingly GRUB to LightDM with systemd is 45 seconds. While GRUB to LightDM with upstart is 10 seconds (then I have to wait about half a minute for the USB devices to get initialised) $ lsusb Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp. Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 174c:3074 ASMedia Technology Inc. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 006: ID 045e:0047 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 Bus 001 Device 007: ID 046d:c313 Logitech, Inc. Internet 350 Keyboard Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub $ lsusb -s 1 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Since the slow delayed boot remained even after plugging out my USB keyboard and USB mouse, it seems the culprit is the internal USB hub on the Intel Z87 (Haswell) chipset. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1437492 Title: boot stalls on USB detection errors Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: My system boots slow. I investigated this and it seems systemd-udev-settle.service is the culprit. My system runs ext4 with GPT on UEFI. I do not use encryption or LVM. $ journalctl -u systemd-udev-settle -- Logs begin at fri 2015-03-27 19:03:06 CET, end at fri 2015-03-27 22:06:32 CET. -- mar 27 19:03:42 hostname systemd[1]: Started udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization. $ systemd-analyze Startup finished in 14.865s (firmware) + 11.133s (loader) + 6.127s (kernel) + 42.079s (userspace) = 1min 14.206s $ systemd-analyze critical-chain http://paste.ubuntu.com/10691416/ $ systemd-analyze blame 36.013s systemd-udev-settle.service http://paste.ubuntu.com/10691314/ $ systemctl show systemd-udev-settle.service -p RequiredBy RequiredBy= $ systemctl show systemd-udev-settle.service -p WantedBy WantedBy=friendly-recovery.service $ systemd-analyze plot > boot.svg http://imgh.us/boot_1.svg $ systemd-analyze dump http://paste.ubuntu.com/10691856/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: systemd 219-5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-10.10-generic 3.19.2 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity Date: Fri Mar 27 22:05:28 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-26 (455 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MachineType: ASUS All Series ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-10-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=31dc4488-28d4-4d2a-aa51-6733e237d5f8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/18/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2103 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z87-PRO dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2103:bd08/18/2014:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnZ87-PRO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1437492/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
