I burnt Ubuntu 22.04 to USB and used it to boot a stock Dell XPS 15 laptop.
It started the boot OK, showed the splash screen with the spinner rotating.
After about two minutes the spinner disappears for 55 secs, then reappears,
and the disappears again. The system continues to boot successfully from USB.
The problem is that it is VERY unnerving for a new or potential user when the
only sign of life vanishes without trace or warning. I have watched new users
get up and walk away permanently from systems that do this because to then it
means it has hung, and won't be coming back. Is it possible to nice(1) the
background processes to the point where they do not usurp all cycles from the
spinner? A blind process (like a splash screen) should NEVER stop communicating
to the users that it is still alive and kicking.
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 5442 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: N/A
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.470
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:e300 Qualcomm Atheros Communications QCA61x4 Bluetooth 4.0
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6713 Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 18a5:0302 Verbatim, Ltd Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 15 9560
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-25.25-generic 5.15.30
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-5.15.0-25-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-5.15.0-25-generic N/A
linux-firmware 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu1
Tags: jammy
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-25-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2017
dmi.bios.release: 1.5
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.5.0
dmi.board.name: 05FFDN
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.5.0:bd08/30/2017:br1.5:svnDellInc.:pnXPS159560:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn05FFDN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:sku07BE:
dmi.product.family: XPS
dmi.product.name: XPS 15 9560
dmi.product.sku: 07BE
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
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