long boot process

[Matej Košík]

On 04/05/2012 02:48 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> 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

Hm. I have discovered that my swap area was not being used (because of
non-existent UUID in /etc/fstab). I am not sure what happened. It would
be easier to figure out if Scroll-Lock reliably worked during the boot time.

By fixing /etc/fstab file, boot process time is back to normal.

Thank you very much for the suggestions.