On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Michael Biebl wrote:
Can you move /var/log/journal away for testing purposes (don't delete the journal files!) and create a fresh /var/log/journal directory. Then do a couple of reboots. Is the speed reasonable then?
I'll do this but it'll have to wait for the end of the work week. :-)
Maybe there is something specific about those journal files which break journalctl. In that case, would you be willing to share those journal files?
Possibly, I'll have to review that. -- Edward Allcutt