On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 04:17, Petter Reinholdtsen <p...@hungry.com> wrote: > [Felipe Sateler] >> Hmm. I modified S07bootchart to wait in a semi-busy loop until a >> process called gnome-panel appears. Probably in the -none case since >> gdm starts last, gnome-panel is picked right after it starts so it >> doesn't show up. > > I am not sure that is what happening. I suspect gdm finishes several > seconds after the last init.d script exits.
Gdm finishes, but gnome has not finished loading yet. > >> Well, the problem is defining what is actually boot length. While >> the actual boot time may be longer, it certainly feels a bit faster >> because gdm starts earlier. > > Right. I have tried to define what should be measured at > <URL:http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/BootPerformance>. We should > measure the time it take from grub starts to the desktop is ready for > use when autologin is in effect. Well, that's what I'm trying to measure but don't really know how. > > I still suspect the parallel boot is faster, but the non-parallel boot > fail to measure gdm startup as it is happening after the last init.d > script terminates. > >> Do you have an idea on how to accurately measure the boot time? > > Kel is working on a new bootchart package, which make it a bit easier > to measure it accurately. With this, we look for when the CPU settles > down after boot. That would be an improvement over what I'm measuring right now. -- Saludos, Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
