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fakemishraji

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Registered: 2022-07-14

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Long time to start up

Hello. Noob here
The system is running great for me, however, it takes quite some time to boot and get to the login screen. I wonder if there is any way to minimise it.

systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 13.998s (firmware) + 5.147s (loader) + 2.337s (kernel) + 1.313s (userspace) = 22.796s
graphical.target reached after 1.268s in userspace.

ewaller

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Re: Long time to start up

What is the output of systemd-analyze critical-chain   ?

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seth

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Re: Long time to start up

You're spending most time in firmware (uefi) and loader (grub?), that's not an (arch)linux problem.
kernel and userspace take ~3.5 seconds

=> check whether there're any delays, extended tests in the uefi settings and your bootloader configuration likewise.

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fakemishraji

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Registered: 2022-07-14

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Re: Long time to start up

What is the output of systemd-analyze critical-chain   ?

thanks for the response. Here it is:

The time when unit became active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit took to start is printed after the "+" character.

graphical.target @1.268s
└─sddm.service @1.268s
  └─systemd-user-sessions.service @1.264s +3ms
    └─network.target @1.263s
      └─NetworkManager.service @1.231s +31ms
        └─dbus.service @1.217s +12ms
          └─basic.target @1.217s
            └─sockets.target @1.217s
              └─dbus.socket @1.217s
                └─sysinit.target @1.216s
                  └─systemd-timesyncd.service @1.190s +26ms
                    └─systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service @1.169s +20ms
                      └─systemd-journal-flush.service @1.119s +48ms
                        └─var-log.mount @1.116s +2ms
                          └─var.mount @363ms +2ms
                            └─dev-nvme0n1p2.device @99ms +261ms

Last edited by fakemishraji (2022-08-12 07:46:33)

fakemishraji

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Registered: 2022-07-14

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Re: Long time to start up

You're spending most time in firmware (uefi) and loader (grub?), that's not an (arch)linux problem.
kernel and userspace take ~3.5 seconds

=> check whether there're any delays, extended tests in the uefi settings and your bootloader configuration likewise.

You are right. I haven't been able to do anything in the bios settings though. Thanks for response