On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 12:40 +0100, Keith Bowerman wrote: > I'm not sure if I saw some reference to lengthy booting up times on this > group recently, or did I imagine it? > > So far as I'm concerned, since a kernel upgrade about three weeks ago I > am suffering from this symptom. > > >From switch on to the drumbeat of the login screen has been taking 4 > minutes 18 seconds, including the 10 second countdown for the Grub menu, > although the latest time a few minutes ago was 4'29". During this time > the orange progress bar stops at the third 'square' from the left and > sits there for 3'4". > > Does anyone have any comments to offer? > > Cheers, > > Keith. > > > -- > Keith Bowerman, > Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England. > Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine. > >
Hi, You can find out what's causing this issue by altering the boot parameters next time you start the machine. At the grub prompt, press e (for edit), then select the kernel line and press e again. Now delete the word 'quiet' (and 'splash' for more detail). This change is only temporary. Finally press enter and then 'b' to boot. You should see the process being run when it's pausing. Some common processes are mounting file systems and starting network interfaces. Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
