slow boot up on ubuntu 10.4

linux/unix87 · 12-20-2010, 10:47 AM

hello i am having problems with a slow boot up when i start my computer. It takes about 3 to 4 mins to load up does anybody know what it could be thats causing that? and how do you go about fixing it? Im using a toshiba netbook nb305, with a intel atom processor. I appreciate it thank you

repo · 12-20-2010, 10:59 AM

One of the common problems is if your network is setup for DHCP, and the network doesn't work, so it will retry until it gets a time out.
However, you could use bootchart, to analyze the boot process.
http://www.bootchart.org/

Kind regards

CodeFreaker · 12-20-2010, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by linux/unix87

hello i am having problems with a slow boot up when i start my computer. It takes about 3 to 4 mins to load up does anybody know what it could be thats causing that? and how do you go about fixing it? Im using a toshiba netbook nb305, with a intel atom processor. I appreciate it thank you

Please check the start up Application in Ubuntu.System->Preferences->Start Up Applications.Disable any unwanted serviced and applications which run at start up of the system.

linux/unix87 · 12-20-2010, 09:50 PM

Well i just installed ubuntu today so i dont have any extra programs on there except what came with it. And what do you mean if the network is setup for dhcp what other setting can i use? and will it work? oh and bootchart do you download that at the terminal? thank you

repo · 12-21-2010, 12:49 AM

You can enable the bootmessages, so you can see on your screen what happens, and where it stops.
At the grub menu screen, press 'e' to get into edit mode, and remove the word "quiet" and change "splash" to "nosplash" on the kernel line.

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oh and bootchart do you download that at the terminal?

Download the deb file from
http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/al...chart/download
open a terminal
cd to the directory containing the file
type

Code:

sudo dpkg -i bootchart_0.9-0ubuntu6_all.deb

Kind regards