Ubuntu takes 5 minutes to boot on Acer TravelMate laptop

**ActionParsnip** · 2 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by chrismine

Problem probably here:
[ 87.015165] rfkill: input handler enabled
[ 92.001632] rfkill: input handler disabled
[ 112.652090] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: systemd-logind[979]: nv50cal_space: -16
[ 113.041138] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: systemd-logind[979]: nv50cal_space: -16
[ 201.282824] audit: type=1107 audit(1714471861.953:188): pid=952 uid=101 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" mask="send" name=":1.7" pid=4175 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=979 peer_label="unconfined"

OK what is the output of

Code:

sudo lshw -C display

**chrismine** · 2 Weeks Ago

*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G98M [GeForce 9300M GS]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
configuration: depth=32 driver=nouveau latency=0 resolution=1440,900
resources: irq:26 memory:ce000000-ceffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:cc000000-cdffffff ioport:2000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff

May take a while to respond - be working.....thank you.

**chrismine** · 2 Weeks Ago

Tried Nvidia proprietary drivers verion 470 an 550 - both also takes a long time to boot. Did not bother to fix screen resolution.
Removed both and went back to Noveau driver as it does not make any difference.

Seems the delay lies elsewhere...

**oldfred** · 2 Weeks Ago

Have you tried a lighter weight flavor?
https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours
Light weight flavors:
Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Budgie
Flavors of Ubuntu only come with three years of supported life (five years applies to Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server but not flavors)

I have Kubuntu which is more of a mid-weight flavor on an external SSD with my core2-duo system from 2006 that only has 1.5GB of RAM. Ubuntu would not even install. Server version installed and I could add lightweight gui. Kbuntu installed, but old HDD was slow. External SSD much better, functional but not speedy.

**chrismine** · 1 Week Ago

I have tried Lubuntu and Kubuntu for a short while. To see if it solves the slow boot problem - it does not.

Ubuntu works well and responsive enough on this laptop with the SSD.
It's just the slow boot that I try to figure out. The lightweight distro's also boot slowly.

Linux Mint boots normally - have an older kernel and compositor - will probably also happen later when using the newer kernel I assume....

I play with this stuff to try to learn Linux and commands.

Thank you for responding.

**oldfred** · 1 Week Ago

With my Kubuntu install I do a bit of tuning for faster boot. It is Kubuntu but configuration files are mostly the same.
It then boots in about 1/3 of the time.

After most of the tuning

Code:

fred@z170-noble:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 4.662s (kernel) + 7.134s (userspace) = 11.796s 
graphical.target reached after 7.102s in userspace.

Noble first boot on NVMe drive

Code:

fred@z170-noble:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 4.528s (kernel) + 27.254s (userspace) = 31.783s 
graphical.target reached after 27.216s in userspace.

turned off NetworkManager-wait with systemctl,
systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online.service
grub - changed from quiet splash to noplymouth, will see boot process rather than Ubuntu logo,

removed snaps - in noble either I did it in wrong order or they have made it very difficult to fully remove all snaps & files related to snaps.

If UEFI firmware update not supported, newer laptops often are, check at fwupd site if yours is on list.
sudo apt-get purge fwupd

If no Thunderbolt
systemctl status bolt
boltctl list
systemctl mask bolt.service

Many other suggestions:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2450783
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....9#post13932499
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....6#post14183456
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2417453 &
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....2#post13857392 &
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/...slow-boot.html

**chrismine** · 5 Days Ago

I accidentally discovered this:
By changing grub to noplymouth as suggested by oldfred I noticed that booting got stuck by discovering/configuring sata devices: Browsed around in BIOS settings and change AHCI to IDE and tis aptop now boot to a desktop in 49 seconds instead of 5 minutes.

Strange though as it should not be.....methinks....

System analyze shows the correct time lapse though.

One can only see the delay in booting when checking the delay with "noplymouth" enabled n grub.
Will have to make and post a 5 minute long video if anyone interested....

**chrismine** · 5 Days Ago

# System Details Report
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## Report details
- **Date generated:** 2024-05-12 23:15:20

## Hardware Information:
- **Hardware Model:** Acer TravelMate 7730G
- **Memory:** 4.0 GiB
- **Processor:** Intel® Core™2 Duo P8400 × 2
- **Graphics:** NV98
- **Disk Capacity:** 448.1 GB

## Software Information:
- **Firmware Version:** v2.3821
- **OS Name:** Ubuntu Oracular Oriole (development branch)
- **OS Build:** (null)
- **OS Type:** 64-bit
- **GNOME Version:** 46
- **Windowing System:** Wayland
- **Kernel Version:** Linux 6.8.0-31-generic