Boot time seems unusually long on MSI GX660R (bootchart included)
After upgrading (clean install) to Ubuntu 12.04, the speed issue when running programs has reduced on my MSI GX660R laptop. However, the boot time is still much longer (over a minute, even after BIOS) than on the many less powerful laptops I have encountered running the same OS, and I was wondering if anyone could help me improve it.
I use the FGLRX driver, if that makes any difference.
I have uploaded a boot chart, it can be found here
As you can see, the boot time is over a minute even after BIOS. A 'designed for Vista' laptop from ages ago which I installed Ubuntu on boots in around thirty seconds, so I think it's a bit strange.
Output of dmesg:
Output of /var/log/kern.log :
Output of /var/log/syslog :
42 Answers
There seems to be a 17 second gap between these two lines in kernel log.
... [ 13.402834] usbhid: USB HID core driver ... [ 30.212288] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not readyhinting at a usbhid device initialization issue.
More large gaps are here:
... [ 31.633630] [fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:3fff4000, size:c000 ... [ 322.243797] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcdwhich seems to indicate an issue with fglrx (fireGL graphics) device initialization
and here:
... [ 30.688474] [fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:3fff4000, size:c000 ... [ 40.231355] wlan0: no IPv6 routers presentAgain, a fireGL potential issue.
HTH
[edit: corrected based on insightful comment from ObsessiveFOSS]
2OK, this will be an answer in progress and we'll try to fix all sources of unnecessary boot-up delay.
Your mouse/keyboard/touchpad (7 seconds)
[ 6.405954] EXT4-fs (sda4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) [ 13.450541] generic-usb 0003:1770:FF00.0001: timeout initializing reports
What is that device? Can you try booting with mouse/kb unplugged, and plug it in once the login screen comes up?
(to be continued) :)
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