Zenwalk 8 + latest updates, slow boot

coolguy_2005 · 03-22-2018, 08:21 AM

Dear All,

I installed Zenwalk Current March build (ISO), and upgraded to 4.14.28 kernel as apposed to whats there on ISO i.e 4.14.24.

After this installation and updating till yesterday package base (Current and Zenwalk packages repo), still facing almost 4-5 minutes of boot delay.

Upon investigating in logs, this is what i could find.

/var/log/messages:

Quote:

Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 9.991016] usb 1-1.1.3: new full-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.076134] usb 1-1.1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=8160
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.076291] usb 1-1.1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.076495] usb 1-1.1.3: Product: Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Module
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.076636] usb 1-1.1.3: Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corp
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.333015] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.333186] NET: Registered protocol family 31
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.333332] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.333479] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.333622] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.333769] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.814708] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 126.317118] fuse init (API version 7.26)
Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 127.152520] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
Mar 22 18:22:36 darkstar root: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/ip address add 127.0.0.1/8 dev lo
Mar 22 18:22:36 darkstar root: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/ip route add 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo
Mar 22 18:22:37 darkstar dbus-daemon[27228]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' requested by ':1.0' (uid=0 pid=27239 comm="/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon ") (using servicehelper)
Mar 22 18:22:37 darkstar polkitd[27268]: Started polkitd version 0.113
Mar 22 18:22:38 darkstar dbus-daemon[27228]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
Mar 22 18:22:38 darkstar NetworkManager[27494]: <info> [1521723158.3167] NetworkManager (version 1.10.6) is starting... (after a restart)
Mar 22 18:22:38 darkstar NetworkManager[27494]: <info> [1521723158.3169] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf (etc: 00-dhcp-client.conf, 00-rc-manager.conf)
Mar 22 18:22:38 darkstar NetworkManager[27494]: <info> [1521723158.3530] manager[0x269f080]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Mar 22 18:22:38 darkstar NetworkManager[27494]: <info> [1521723158.3572] hostname: hostname: couldn't get property from hostnamed
Mar 22 18:22:38 darkstar NetworkManager[27494]: <info> [1521723158.3576] hostname: hostname changed from (none) to "darkstar.example.net"
Mar 22 18:22:38 darkstar kernel: [ 254.444519] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team

In above log messages, the highlighted lines are causing huge delay in boot. Not sure why??

Once this stage is passed, then there is another 2-3 minutes of delay after printing message "Triggering Udev messages..".
I am looking for messages related to Init 4 scripts. However, looking into Xorg.0.log, i could not find anything unusual.
Attaching the log here.

Also, looking at this thread https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...reless-783279/, i did the similar changes here. Still no luck.

Kindly please help in resolving this issue.

Thanks

H1p8r10n · 03-23-2018, 03:22 PM

This doesn't seems to be Zenwalk specific.

I cannot reproduce, but I will be aware of any similar report ...

thanks
JP

coolguy_2005 · 03-23-2018, 11:36 PM

Hello Jp

Yes i think its not really zenwalk specific. But with the logs i have provided, i am thinking more of kerne scripts and init scripts which are playing foul.
Something is not right.

I have checked the harddrive health wiht smartmon tools. No issies. I did e2fsck checks on all partitions. No problem.

Still wondering why those long delays during boot?

Is there any other logs i can look for particularly? I have added "debug" argument to the kernel parameters via grub. Still no luck.

Thanks

H1p8r10n · 03-24-2018, 02:10 AM

Code:

Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.814708] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb

try to remove the BT dongle, for testing

Code:

Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 126.317118] fuse init (API version 7.26)

which filesystem are you mounting at boot in userspace ? NTFS ?

Code:

Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 127.152520] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: (null)

please check the sanity of sda3

hope it will help

JP

coolguy_2005 · 03-28-2018, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H1p8r10n

Code:

Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 10.814708] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb

try to remove the BT dongle, for testing

Noting is plugged via USB ports.

Quote:

Code:

Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 126.317118] fuse init (API version 7.26)

which filesystem are you mounting at boot in userspace ? NTFS ?

I am just mounting / as ext4. No other drives/partitions at the boot time.

Quote:

Code:

Mar 22 18:20:35 darkstar kernel: [ 127.152520] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: (null)

please check the sanity of sda3

JP

I did the e2fsck check on / as well as other partitions. Fixed all the bad blocks too. Refered this article for fixing
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1245536

Still no help

Thanks

coolguy_2005 · 06-07-2018, 11:57 PM

Update:
Downloaded the latest zenwalk-current_180419.iso and upon completion, i still had the same problem (boot hang).
However, when i updated to the latest repos, the problem disappeared. May be udev updated packages resolved the issue. Not sure.

However, the problem with Nvidia 340.xx incompatible with Xorg 1.20 is still a problem.
Otherwise, all good to go.

H1p8r10n · 06-09-2018, 06:44 AM

Hi,

Here I noticed that the latest patched xorg-server update from Slack solves the problem on Radeon, so I guess it's the same for nouveau.

Thanks for your tests

I will upload a new ISO soon

JP

coolguy_2005 · 06-09-2018, 11:17 PM

Great. I shall wait for the updated package and then install Nvidia driver.

On the flip side, I hope Nvidia shall release updated driver soon.

coolguy_2005 · 06-10-2018, 05:41 AM

Update: Nvidia has released a newer version of the driver for ABI support
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/drive...x/135161/en-us