Long system startup(gnome)

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Hi, I installed manjaro gnome a couple of weeks ago on my acer laptop and the system takes a long time to start.
Is it possible to disable plymouth-quit-wait.service, systemd-journal-flush.service, if possible, how. Look at other processes to see if there is something not needed there.

Kernel 5.13
CPU: Intel i5-7300HQ (4) @ 3.500GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630

systemd-analyze

Startup finished in 3.044s (firmware) + 6.591s (loader) + 5.603s (kernel) + 1min 18.419s (userspace) = 1min 33.659s 
graphical.target reached after 1min 17.375s in userspace

systemd-analyze critical-chain

graphical.target @1min 17.375s
└─multi-user.target @1min 17.375s
  └─plymouth-quit-wait.service @43.971s +33.403s
    └─systemd-user-sessions.service @43.780s +189ms
      └─nss-user-lookup.target @45.247s

systemd-analyze blame

33.403s plymouth-quit-wait.service
12.366s systemd-journal-flush.service
11.300s ldconfig.service
10.054s polkit.service
 7.550s NetworkManager.service
 7.092s dev-sda3.device
 6.525s systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-87D9\x2d39B1.service
 6.226s systemd-modules-load.service
 5.649s bluetooth.service
 5.641s systemd-logind.service
 5.260s systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-0c83fba9\x2d9bb0\x2d40b7\x2d8f24\x2d56>
 2.958s cups.service
 2.543s apparmor.service
 2.016s udisks2.service
 1.890s systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
 1.739s systemd-udevd.service
 1.407s ModemManager.service
 1.357s systemd-vconsole-setup.service
 1.353s systemd-journal-catalog-update.service
 1.217s systemd-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service
 1.171s ufw.service
 1.167s gdm.service
 1.080s systemd-sysusers.service
 1.042s tlp.service
 1.034s accounts-daemon.service
 1.004s mnt.mount
  829ms user@1000.service
  776ms home.mount
  751ms dev-disk-by\x2duuid-42a58bc1\x2d106b\x2d42af\x2d831d\x2ddd412b125757.sw>
  748ms systemd-update-utmp.service
  742ms plymouth-start.service
  730ms colord.service
  651ms snapd.apparmor.service
  630ms systemd-update-done.service
  613ms modprobe@fuse.service
  583ms systemd-rfkill.service
  557ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
  551ms systemd-sysctl.service
  529ms upower.service
  510ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
  505ms systemd-random-seed.service
  418ms boot-efi.mount
  369ms linux-module-cleanup.service
  368ms modprobe@drm.service
  346ms wpa_supplicant.service
  309ms systemd-remount-fs.service
  210ms alsa-restore.service
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Welcome to the forum :wave:

The plymouth-quit-wait.service is waiting for something, it is not preventing anything iirc. Flushing your logs seems like a sane thing to do, if the log gets to large limit it to something you deem sensible?

If you could add info about the hardware you have other users might have an idea where to start looking to improve your boot times. Please provide the output of:

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

This thread lists some options to boot faster in gnome and seems relevant to your situation

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I am limited journal to max size 50M

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64 
  root=UUID=97c4d7c6-9be1-410c-aa5c-7ccff446a03d rw quiet splash apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=42a58bc1-106b-42af-831d-dd412b125757 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: GNOME 40.4 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.1 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Predator G3-572 v: V1.10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: KBL model: Sienta_KLS v: V1.10 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.10 
  date: 08/22/2017 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 37.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 37.3/48.9 Wh (76.3%) 
  volts: 16.4 min: 15.2 model: COMPAL PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion 
  serial: <filter> status: Full 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.65 GiB used: 2.38 GiB (31.1%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-7300HQ bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: EA 
  cache: L2: 6 MiB bogomips: 20004 
  Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 800/2500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 
  4: 900 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art 
  avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid 
  cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est 
  f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window 
  hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm 
  mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat 
  pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts 
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 
  sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust 
  tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt 
  xsaves xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:591b class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 
  alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8c 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Device-3: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9:4 
  chip-ID: 04f2:b5f7 class-ID: 0e02 
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.13 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa 
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo> 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.2 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a171 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.37 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Lite-On driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 
  chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 
  bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp3s0f1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Lite-On type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-7:3 
  chip-ID: 04ca:3016 class-ID: e001 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 375.05 GiB (40.3%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10SPZX-21Z10T0 
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1A02 scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 89.26 GiB size: 87.3 GiB (97.81%) used: 18.39 GiB (21.1%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A 
  uuid: 97c4d7c6-9be1-410c-aa5c-7ccff446a03d 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 502 MiB size: 501 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: NO_LABEL 
  uuid: 87D9-39B1 
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 76.11 GiB size: 74.36 GiB (97.71%) 
  used: 45.53 GiB (61.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A 
  uuid: 0c83fba9-9bb0-40b7-8f24-5683f50bba82 
  ID-4: /mnt raw-size: 757.68 GiB size: 744.79 GiB (98.30%) 
  used: 311.13 GiB (41.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A 
  uuid: 8dff03bb-a725-493d-babc-3c9e2d680649 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.97 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A 
  uuid: 42a58bc1-106b-42af-831d-dd412b125757 
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found. 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-6:2 info: Kingston HyperX Pulsefire FPS Gaming Mouse 
  type: Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0951:16bc class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Lite-On type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 
  rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 04ca:3016 class-ID: e001 
  Device-3: 1-9:4 info: Chicony HD WebCam type: Video driver: uvcvideo 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b5f7 
  class-ID: 0e02 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.5 C mobo: 29.8 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 225 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1344 lib: 322 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh 
  v: 5.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.06
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I found one way here, will there be problems after disabling plymouth-quit-wait.service?

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I’m not familiar with dual graphics setups (I avoid them as the plague)

The long wait might have something to with it, errors from your journal log and/or xorg.log might give other users an idea where to start.

Drive is not the fastest, I would not be surprised if this is one of your bottlenecks.

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That’s why it’s taking a lot of time to flush everything at boot every boot just clean it manually every now and then.

I use this once in a while to clean up everything:

#!/bin/bash

#Remove orphans
pamac remove --orphans

#clean cache
pamac clean --keep 2
pamac clean --build-files
# Clean kioexec cache (KDE only)
# rm --recursive ~/.cache/kioexec/krun/*
# Delete cache not modified for 20 days
find ~/.cache -depth -type f -mtime +20 -delete

#clean Journals
sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=20d

That’s just showing the splash screen: it’s the systemd-journal-flush.service that takes a lot of time, so no issue with plymouth-quit-wait.

  • Kernel 5.13 is EOL so please install both 5.4 and 5.10 LTS (Long Term Support) and see which one of the two troubles you least.

You might benefit from the Hybrid proprietary drivers

Slow hard drive, default swappiness parameters.

Create the following file: /etc/sysctl.d/30-swap_usage.conf with these contents:

# Fabby: 2014-03-02: change "swappiness" from default 60 to 10:
#  Theoretically, only swap when RAM usage reaches around 80 or 90 percent
# Fabby: 2014-03-29: lower to 5 as swapping is still occurring with low mem usage
# Fabby: 2014-11-21: Bring back up to 10 as vm.vfs_cache_pressure was introduced
vm.swappiness = 10

# Fabby: 2014-11-29: Lower vm.vfs_cache_pressure to 75%
# (once cached, probably not immediately needed any more)
#
#
# This value used to be a percentage value that controls the tendency of
# the kernel to reclaim the memory which is used for caching of directory and
# inode objects.
#
# At the default value of vfs_cache_pressure=100 the kernel will attempt to
# reclaim dentries and inodes at a "fair" rate with respect to pagecache and
# swapcache reclaim.  Decreasing vfs_cache_pressure causes the kernel to prefer
# to retain dentry and inode caches.
# Edit 2020: Nowadays the value can be >100!
vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 75

:crossed_fingers:

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thanks, i changed the kernel to 5.10 and created the config 30-swap_usage.conf, and now the system boots in 38 seconds

~ ➤ systemd-analyze                                                            
Startup finished in 3.012s (firmware) + 7.524s (loader) + 4.453s (kernel) + 23.320s (userspace) = 38.310s 
graphical.target reached after 20.412s in userspace
~ ➤ systemd-analyze blame                                                      
6.567s dev-sda3.device
5.987s systemd-modules-load.service
3.356s tlp.service
2.864s ldconfig.service
2.734s accounts-daemon.service
2.512s cups.service
2.305s apparmor.service
2.126s systemd-udevd.service
2.005s udisks2.service
1.893s polkit.service
1.584s systemd-journal-flush.service
1.510s systemd-vconsole-setup.service
1.508s systemd-sysctl.service
1.451s systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-0c83fba9\x2d9bb0\x2d40b7\x2d8f24\x2d568>
1.417s systemd-journal-catalog-update.service
1.381s systemd-sysusers.service
1.325s bluetooth.service
1.319s NetworkManager.service
1.153s systemd-logind.service
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