Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 1/11/19, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > Richard Hector wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> This machine is taking ages to boot. > >> > >> It's a fresh install. > >> > >> According to dmesg, this is where it appears to hang: > >> > >> [ 2.717311] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3 > >> [ 2.717398] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.35.0-ioctl (2016-06-23) > >> initialised: dm-d > >> e...@redhat.com > >> [ 2.978281] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc > >> [ 121.459392] md: linear personality registered for level -1 > >> [ 121.460391] md: multipath personality registered for level -4 > >> [ 121.461444] md: raid0 personality registered for level 0 > >> > >> I have started wondering recently about the hardware - could I have a > >> clock problem? > >> > >> None of the other 'clocksource' entries have a similar lag, and there's > >> no similar lag at that point on my desktop. > >> > >> Do I need to provide more context, or do more diagnostics? > >> > > > > As an experiment -- try this: > > > > echo udev_log=\"err\" >> /etc/udev/udev.conf > > > > (Or, alternatively, edit /etc/udef/udev.conf and insert/change > > that as necessary.) > > > Manually editing sounds like a good route because mine says this when > you get there: > > # udevd is started in the initramfs, so when this file is modified the > # initramfs should be rebuilt. > > "[S]hould"... Sounds like some of that should/shall/will.... and must > (??) coming into play.
Yes, it needs to be followed by running: # update-initramfs -k all -u or similar. Thanks for the catch! -dsr-