Zenwalk 8 + latest updates, slow boot

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:

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

This doesn't seems to be Zenwalk specific.

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

thanks
JP

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

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

try to remove the BT dongle, for testing

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 ?

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

Originally Posted by H1p8r10n 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.

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.

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