Extremely slow boot - 3 minutes or more

[Neil Padgett]

My PC takes 3 minutes to boot since installing Beta 1. During most of the boot time, it seems to hang at the Ubuntu logo. If I then press Esc to get to verbose mode, I see a flashing cursor after the "starting CUPS....OK" line. This lasts for over 2 and a half minutes, after which a few more lines flash by and I reach the login screen.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: upstart 1.3-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.17-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 12 15:02:52 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: upstart
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-09 (3 days ago)

[Ray Perigo (immerohnegott)]

I can confirm this bug. System hangs at "Loading CUPS" for around two minutes before completing boot. Dmesg attached.

[Георгий (kolgest)]

I have like above.

[Георгий (kolgest)]

The change in the file /etc/init/failsafe.conf line "pre-start exec sleep 120" on the "pre-start exec sleep 12" reduced boot time as in the attached file "dmesg".
Sorry for bad English.

[Георгий (kolgest)]

This is not bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/839595 - here is the description.

[Neil Padgett (neil452)]

This no longer seems to be an issue. My PC now boots within 30 seconds or so. I realise it wasn't just for my benefit, but thanks for fixing this.