Public bug reported: System upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04 experiences long delays at boot -- generally 4-5 minutes. The same system experienced no significant delays prior to the upgrade. dmesg reports problems with drm_kms_helper.
Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 linux-generic: Installed: 4.15.0.20.23 Candidate: 4.15.0.20.23 Version table: *** 4.15.0.20.23 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected to happen: System boots in reasonable amount of time, consistent with prior LTS release. What happened: System is very slow to boot, on the order of several minutes to reach a login screen. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: linux-image-generic 4.15.0.20.23 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: gdm 1012 F.... pulseaudio scott 2346 F.... pulseaudio Date: Sat May 5 23:19:14 2018 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a816bb7e-ab3e-49ea-9bbe-0f1d0e016b0e InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-05 (242 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) MachineType: LENOVO 0769AK8 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-20-generic root=UUID=a3217eb0-fa66-4420-9eb3-5f3a38cb1af0 ro splash vt.handoff=1 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-20-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-20-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.173 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/29/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 68ET37WW dmi.board.name: IEL10 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: REFERENCE dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr68ET37WW:bd07/29/2008:svnLENOVO:pn0769AK8:pvr3000N200:rvnLENOVO:rnIEL10:rvrREFERENCE:cvnNoEnclosure:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.family: Lenovo dmi.product.name: 0769AK8 dmi.product.version: 3000 N200 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769421 Title: [18.04] [Bionic]drm_kms_helper causes long delay at boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1769421/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs