Ubuntu 7.04 very slow to startup

[G. Arena]

When, instead of using the default Ubunutu Kernel ( 2.6.20.15-386 ), I use the
Ubuntu Kernel 2.6.15.23-386, The startup time is reduced to 58 seconds instead of 130 seconds, and during booting,
booting information are displayed.
This startup time is approximately twice than Windows XP.
Gaetano Arena

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 30 11:11:17 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.18.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: yelp
ProcCwd: /home/a
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux Amalia 2.6.15-23-386 #1 PREEMPT Tue May 23 13:49:40 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

[Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for your bug report. Why are you using the kernel 2.6.15-23, which is much older than the 2.6.20.15 one ?

[G. Arena (narea92)]

Jérôme Guelfucci wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report. Why are you using the kernel 2.6.15-23,
> which is much older than the 2.6.20.15 one ?
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>
Mr. Jerome Guelfucci,
The reason that I use Version 2.6.15-23 instead than the Default
2.6.20.15-386, ( the Default one ), is that the latter takes more than
140 seconds to bootup. With the First the time is reduced to
58 seconds. Still high but usable!.
Gaetano Arena

[Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount)]

Okay thank you, I assign this bug to the kernel package and the kernel team will handle it.

Please include the following additional information when using the latest kernel, if you have not already done so (please pay attention to lspci's additional options), as required by the Ubuntu Kernel Team:
1. Please include the output of the command "uname -a" in your next response. It should be one, long line of text which includes the exact kernel version you're running, as well as the CPU architecture.
2. Please run the command "dmesg > dmesg.log" and attach the resulting file "dmesg.log" to this bug report.
3. Please run the command "lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log" and attach the resulting file "lspci-vvnn.log" to this bug report.

For your reference, the full description of procedures for kernel-related bug reports is available here: <http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelProblems> Thanks!

[Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount)]

I copy here what was send to my email adress :

uname -a : Linux Amalia 2.6.20-15-386 #2 Sun Apr 15 07:34:00 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[G. Arena (narea92)]

Upgradimg the kernel imag to Linux 2.6.20-16-586 increases the bootup
time of an additional 15 seconds.
Gaetano Arena

Jérôme Guelfucci wrote:
> ** Attachment added: "lspci-vvnn.log"
> http://librarian.launchpad.net/7888692/lspci-vvnn.log
>
>

[Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount)]

Any news on this ?

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the extremely delayed response. The Hardy Heron Alpha series is currently under development and contains an updated version of the kernel. It would be helpful if you could test the latest Hardy Alpha release: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If you can, please verify if this bug still exists or not and report back your results. Thanks.

[G. Arena (narea92)]

Mr. Ogasawara,
as per your suggestion I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.4 from Ubuntu 7.10
With this upgrade the Booting time is reduced to 90 seconds from from the 130 seconds that I was
experiencing with Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10.
But with 8.4 I still miss the graphic booting display. Now the shutting-down now is a text format.
Thanks for your interest,
yours,
Gaetano Arena

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi G. Arena,

I know for the upcoming Jaunty development cycle a focus is going to be made on the time it takes to boot. Hopefully you'll see even more improvements. Regarding what appears to be a usplash issue you are now experiencing, it would actually be better to open a new bug report. It's helpful to the development teams if bug reports target one specific issue. Additionally, it would be good to test the even more recent Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release that just came out. However, for now I'm going to go ahead and close this specific bug against Feisty. The reason is that the 18 month support period for the Feisty Fawn 7.04 release has reached it's end of life - http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.04-end-of-life . Thanks.