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#1 2015-05-01 20:41:28
- Stevearch
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Strange animation on boot
Hi guys,
I use LightDM as my Login Manager with Cinnamon.
I have this strange issue where just before LightDM loads i get a grey background with a spinning wheel?
I have a video of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQNERl-sOl0
It only lasts for a couple of seconds but id like to know what the hell it is!
I can't find anything responsible for it.
Here is a list of everything that is enabled on boot -
NIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active running Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:03.0-net-enp0s3.device loaded active plugged 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter)
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:05.0-sound-card0.device loaded active plugged 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda-sda1.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK Grub
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda-sda2.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK Root
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda-sda3.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK Home
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS0
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3
sys-module-configfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs
sys-module-fuse.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/fuse
sys-subsystem-net-devices-enp0s3.device loaded active plugged 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter)
-.mount loaded active mounted /
dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System
dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System
home.mount loaded active mounted /home
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount loaded active mounted Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System
run-user-1000-gvfs.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/1000/gvfs
run-user-1000.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/1000
run-user-620.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/620
sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount loaded active mounted FUSE Control File System
sys-kernel-config.mount loaded active mounted Configuration File System
sys-kernel-debug.mount loaded active mounted Debug File System
tmp.mount loaded active mounted Temporary Directory
systemd-ask-password-plymouth.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Plymouth Directory Watch
systemd-ask-password-wall.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch
session-c1.scope loaded active abandoned Session c1 of user lightdm
session-c2.scope loaded active running Session c2 of user stephen
accounts-daemon.service loaded active running Accounts Service
colord.service loaded active running Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles
dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
dhcpcd@enp0s3.service loaded active running dhcpcd on enp0s3
kmod-static-nodes.service loaded active exited Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel
lightdm.service loaded active running Light Display Manager
NetworkManager.service loaded active running Network Manager
polkit.service loaded active running Authorization Manager
rtkit-daemon.service loaded active running RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service
systemd-binfmt.service loaded active exited Set Up Additional Binary Formats
systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-38033e54\x2dc255\x2d44be\x2da741\x2dfb1b3e877973.service loaded active exited File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/38033e54-c255-44be-a741-fb1b3e877973
systemd-journal-flush.service loaded active exited Flush Journal to Persistent Storage
systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service
systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service
systemd-random-seed.service loaded active exited Load/Save Random Seed
systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service loaded active exited Create Static Device Nodes in /dev
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded active exited Create Volatile Files and Directories
systemd-udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices
systemd-udevd.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager
systemd-update-utmp.service loaded active exited Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown
systemd-user-sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions
systemd-vconsole-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console
udisks2.service loaded active running Disk Manager
upower.service loaded active running Daemon for power management
user@1000.service loaded active running User Manager for UID 1000
user@620.service loaded active running User Manager for UID 620
vboxservice.service loaded active running VirtualBox Guest Service
-.slice loaded active active Root Slice
system-dhcpcd.slice loaded active active system-dhcpcd.slice
system-getty.slice loaded active active system-getty.slice
system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice loaded active active system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice
system.slice loaded active active System Slice
user-1000.slice loaded active active user-1000.slice
user-620.slice loaded active active user-620.slice
user.slice loaded active active User and Session Slice
dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
dm-event.socket loaded active listening Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs
lvm2-lvmetad.socket loaded active listening LVM2 metadata daemon socket
systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe
systemd-journald-dev-log.socket loaded active running Journal Socket (/dev/log)
systemd-journald.socket loaded active running Journal Socket
systemd-shutdownd.socket loaded active listening Delayed Shutdown Socket
systemd-udevd-control.socket loaded active running udev Control Socket
systemd-udevd-kernel.socket loaded active running udev Kernel Socket
basic.target loaded active active Basic System
cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes
getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts
graphical.target loaded active active Graphical Interface
local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre)
local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems
multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User System
network.target loaded active active Network
nss-user-lookup.target loaded active active User and Group Name Lookups
paths.target loaded active active Paths
remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems
slices.target loaded active active Slices
sockets.target loaded active active Sockets
sound.target loaded active active Sound Card
swap.target loaded active active Swap
sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization
timers.target loaded active active Timers
logrotate.timer loaded active waiting Daily rotation of log files
man-db.timer loaded active waiting Daily man-db cache update
shadow.timer loaded active waiting Daily verification of password and group files
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer loaded active waiting Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories
updatedb.timer loaded active waiting Daily locate database updateApologies if I've missed anything out!
Any input is appreciated 
Last edited by Stevearch (2015-05-01 20:43:35)
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#2 2015-05-01 20:45:57
- jasonwryan
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Re: Strange animation on boot
Looks like a Virtualbox "feature"...
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#3 2015-05-01 21:22:26
- Stevearch
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Re: Strange animation on boot
Looks like a Virtualbox "feature"...
Thanks for having a look mate.
I've done some Googling but can't find reference to it on the VirtualBox site 
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#4 2015-05-01 21:25:22
- Alad
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Re: Strange animation on boot
I use VBox (Arch guest, Win 8 host) and see no such wheel thing. Did you try starting cinnamon manually? (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc)
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#5 2015-05-01 21:39:43
- Stevearch
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Re: Strange animation on boot
I use VBox (Arch guest, Win 8 host) and see no such wheel thing. Did you try starting cinnamon manually? (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc)
Thanks for getting back to me
Disabling LighDM and running via xinitrc get's rid of it.
Although for some reason using xinitrc Cinnamon will only load into software rendering mode?
So this must be something caused by LightDM?
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#6 2015-05-01 22:56:35
- Stevearch
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Re: Strange animation on boot
Spoke too soon
It's still there, even with LightDM disabled.
Any further ideas?
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#7 2015-05-01 23:18:45
- Stevearch
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Re: Strange animation on boot
== Update ==
Reinstalled GDM so i could run:
sudo pacman -Rs gdm Which removed quite a few things that had been left from a previous install.
Then deleted all packages & references to I3 using the same command.
Rebooted into Kernel 4.0, everything looks good!
Rebooted into LTS kernel, everything looks good! (I use LTS so that Virtualbox actually works)
Will keep an eye on this as it was an intermittent problem.
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#8 2015-05-02 00:14:22
- Buddlespit
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Re: Strange animation on boot
It's a plymouth animation. I tried plymouth for a week or three (and got the animation), and the animation stayed after I deleted plymouth. I don't remember what I did to get rid of it.
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#9 2015-05-02 01:17:15
- Knute
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Re: Strange animation on boot
You probably rebuilt your kernel (mkinitcpio) which rebuilt your initrd. If you have plymouth listed in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf, it will be built into the initrd. To get rid of it, you need to take out the plymouth hook and rebuild.
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#10 2015-05-02 11:30:48
- Stevearch
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Re: Strange animation on boot
Thanks for looking at this guys.
I did use Plymouth a couple of months ago but could never get it working properly with Virtualbox.
I did disable it and remove it from my mkinitcpio months ago (which i then rebuilt)
I removed the Plymouth package last night at the same time i removed GDM and since then the problem *touches wood* seems to have gone away.
Is it possible i was getting that animation just by having Plymouth installed?! I can't find anything in the wiki about it.
Really appreciate your input on this one guys.
Last edited by Stevearch (2015-05-02 11:31:23)
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