long boot process

[Richard Shaw]

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Matej Košík
<5764c029b688c1c0d24a2e97cd764f at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use Fedora 16 on my laptop (Asus K50IJ).
>
> When I turn it on, in the middle of the boot procedure, there is
> annoying pause (roughly 20 seconds) when there is no progress.
>
> On the console, this happens right after:
>
> "Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories [OK]"
>
> message.
>
> I am not sure which message follows (and might be tight with the
> problem) because once boot procedure resumes, the following message
> quickly scrolls off the screen.
>
> I am not sure how to provide more information or be able to change/get
> rid of the problematic step. I am sure there is a directory with a list
> of scripts burried somewhere but I am not sure where.

After bootup you can try:

# systemd-analyze blame

to get an idea of which service might be causing the issue but be
careful, this is wall time not actual daemon startup time so it can be
misleading. Or try:

# systemd-analyze plot > startup.png

to get a graphical representation.

Richard