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kaprikawn

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Registered: 2011-09-23

Posts: 25

systemd-boot timeout not being read

I use systemd-boot as my bootleader, a while back my timeout upon loading is over 65,000 seconds (I think it's being set to the max of an unsigned int).  So I have to hit the return key to boot, which is annoying because I SSH into that box quite a lot rather than work on it directly.

My loader.conf :

[kaprikawn@arch loader]$ cat /boot/loader/loader.conf
default arch
timeout 15

Does anyone know what the problem could be?

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 74,313

Re: systemd-boot timeout not being read

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Haveged ?

Edit: or did you mean the time it takes for the bootloader to select a kernel?

Last edited by seth (2019-05-12 20:00:29)

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juanp_1982

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From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2012-09-02

Posts: 69

Re: systemd-boot timeout not being read

Hi!

what's the output of

bootctl --path=/boot status

any how, I would look into bootctl --help and then bootctl --path=/boot WHATEVERYOUWANTTOTRY

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 8,999

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Re: systemd-boot timeout not being read

loader.conf is ignored if any values are saved to the motherboard NVRAM.

Try pressing T in the loader screen to decrease the timeout.

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