excessive boot time with nothing on screen but blinking cursor (some bios boxes only); ubuntu/lubuntu impish daily
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| casper (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Lubuntu impish daily (QA-test) live boot on
- motion computing j3400 (c2d-u9400, 4gb, intel mobile 4 series)
At computerbank (CBV Victoria) we timed boots of Ubuntu installs and if they didn't meet a minimum requirement, the 'build' was failed meaning it had to be fixed, or box was recycled. (this is a live boot and not install boot, but I'm using this as example of issue)
This box was fine until somewhere during the hirsute cycle, when boot times suddenly booting took >8 minutes from a thumb-drive.
The ISO was written today with MKUSB (dd/clone), however the result during prior tests during the hirsute cycle is the same using
- mkusb (dd/clone write)
- dd
- gnome-disks (restore disk image)
Note: this is based on prior testing during hirsute, today's was just using mkusb (dd/clone)
** Expected result
A live boot should NOT take >8 mins
** Actual results
stopwatch started when I pressed <ENTER> for "Start Lubuntu" at grub menu
* 7 mins 20 secs for blue Plymouth screen to appear
* ~8 mins 0 secs for mouse pointer to show on black background (maybe 7 mins 57 secs b/c I'd dazed out)
* 8 mins 33 secs for background & Lubuntu/LXQt display to show
It's not the box is suddenly slow.. something changed during hirsute that caused the live session to boot slowly...
See comment #2 for results of booting the current focal daily (ie. what will become 20.04.3)
Comparison (current focal vs impish dailies)
plymouth ~46 sec 7 mins 20 secs
scan media start ~50 sec
scan media pass 3 min 08 sec
black screen & mouse-pointer 3 min 32 sec ~8 mins 00 secs
full LXQt running 3 min 45 sec 8 mins 33 secs
** Conclusion
If the boot needs to be this slow - some messages on screen are needed !
FYI: duplicate of https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: casper 1.461
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu66
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CasperVersion: 1.461
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Wed May 19 12:21:28 2021
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Alpha amd64 (20210518)
SourcePackage: casper
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile.
| Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote | #1 |
| description: | updated |
| Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote | #3 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| José Marinho (jmarinho) wrote | #6 |
| Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote | #7 |
| summary: |
- excessive boot time (some old bios boxes); ;lubuntu impish daily + excessive boot time with nothing on screen but blinking cursor (some + bios boxes only); ubuntu/lubuntu impish daily |
| Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson) wrote | #8 |
Booted the current focal daily (what will become 20.04.3) on
- motion computing j3400 (c2d-u9400, 4gb, intel mobile 4 series)
Stop watch started at GRUB screen when I pressed ENTER for Start Lubuntu
~50 secs the plymouth screen was shown & it was validating media (showing % progress; this actually started in the 44-46 sec mark I suspect, I'm tired & had zoned out)
3 mins 08 secs and media has passed validation
3 mins 32 secs and black screen with Xorg mouse pointer drawn
3 mins 45 secs & Lubuntu/LXQt desktop is stable
So comparison (current focal vs impish dailies)
plymouth ~46 sec 7 mins 20 secs
scan media start ~50 sec
scan media pass 3 min 08 sec
black screen & mouse-pointer 3 min 32 sec ~8 mins 00 secs
full LXQt running 3 min 45 sec 8 mins 33 secs
If the boot needs to be this slow - some messages on screen are needed !