Recently, my startup times have increased from 20-30 seconds to more than a minute and a half, and I would like to know if there is something I could do to tame this. Checking around this forum led me to https://forum.manjaro.org/t/slow-startup-time/62147 which seemed similar to my problem, but on running systemd-ananlyze-blame, the root causes appeared different, as what appears to take the longest on my system is “systemd.journald.service”, not “systemd-sysctl-service” I’m rather new to Linux, and wasn’t sure where to go from here. I’d appreciate any help I could get.
Output of systemd-analyze:
Startup finished in 24.315s (firmware) + 5.502s (loader) + 4.243s (kernel) + 1min 3.289s (userspace) = 1min 37.351s
graphical.target reached after 1min 3.277s in userspace.
Output of systemd-analyze-blame:
1min 1.357s systemd-journald.service
956ms NetworkManager.service
224ms dev-nvme0n1p2.device
157ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
125ms systemd-journal-flush.service
109ms lvm2-monitor.service
103ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
80ms power-profiles-daemon.service
78ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service
74ms user@1000.service
70ms systemd-timesyncd.service
61ms systemd-remount-fs.service
60ms upower.service
55ms systemd-update-utmp.service
55ms systemd-rfkill.service
54ms systemd-userdbd.service
53ms wpa_supplicant.service
52ms systemd-vconsole-setup.service
52ms boot-efi.mount
47ms user-runtime-dir@1000.service
41ms tmp.mount
40ms udisks2.service
38ms ModemManager.service
33ms polkit.service
32ms systemd-udevd.service
27ms systemd-logind.service
24ms systemd-hostnamed.service
23ms plymouth-quit-wait.service
23ms plymouth-quit.service
23ms dbus-broker.service
19ms plymouth-start.service
17ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-D520\x2d6441.service
15ms systemd-modules-load.service
14ms cups.service
13ms plymouth-read-write.service
12ms systemd-random-seed.service
12ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
12ms pamac-daemon.service
9ms dev-hugepages.mount
9ms dev-mqueue.mount
9ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
8ms sys-kernel-tracing.mount
8ms kmod-static-nodes.service
7ms systemd-binfmt.service
7ms modprobe@configfs.service
7ms rtkit-daemon.service
7ms modprobe@drm.service
6ms modprobe@fuse.service
6ms systemd-udev-load-credentials.service
6ms systemd-sysctl.service
Output of inxi -v6 --filter:
System:
Kernel: 6.11.10-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B650-E WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2613 date: 04/12/2024
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 30.57 GiB used: 3.71 GiB (12.1%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR5 size: 16 GiB speed: 4800 MT/s
volts: 1 note: check manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F5-6000J3238F16G
Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR5 size: 16 GiB speed: 4800 MT/s
volts: 1 note: check manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F5-6000J3238F16G
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4
rev: 2 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 96 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3813 min/max: 545/5050 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3813
2: 3813 3: 3813 4: 3813 5: 3813 6: 3813 7: 3813 8: 3813 9: 3813 10: 3813
11: 3813 12: 3813 13: 3813 14: 3813 15: 3813 16: 3813 bogomips: 134203
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900
XTX/7900 GRE/7900M] driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: none empty: DP-4,HDMI-A-2,Writeback-2 bus-ID: 0e:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:164e temp: 38.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu,amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: radeonsi
device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.8-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (radeonsi
navi31 LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.59 6.11.10-2-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:744c
display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0
type: discrete-gpu driver: mesa radv device-ID: 1002:744c device: 1
type: integrated-gpu driver: mesa radv device-ID: 1002:164e
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High
Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0e:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0e:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
Device-4: Corsair HS60 PRO Surround USB Sound Adapter
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 5-2:2 chip-ID: 1b1c:0a4d
API: ALSA v: k6.11.10-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Foxconn driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616
IF: wlp10s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 405.22 GiB (43.5%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 31.9 C
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.53 GiB used: 405.22 GiB (44.3%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 label: N/A uuid: e17b0b2b-5da7-48e5-bb9e-55f60989105c
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 label: N/A uuid: D520-6441
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
Device-1: 3-11:6 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 0b05:19af
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 5 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s
lanes: 2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
Device-1: 5-2:2 info: Corsair HS60 PRO Surround USB Sound Adapter
type: audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1b1c:0a4d
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
Device-1: 7-1:2 info: Logitech G203 Gaming Mouse type: mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 046d:c084
Device-2: 7-2:3 info: Logitech Keyboard K120 type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 046d:c31c
Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
Hub-9: 9-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub-10: 10-0:1 info: Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub ports: N/A rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.1 C mobo: 30.5 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 42.0 C mem: 57.0 C
fan: 0
Info:
Processes: 318 Power: uptime: 38m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 256
default: graphical
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1560 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1
Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36