Re: [arch-general] On-boot delay due to timer units

2014-04-30 Thread Alexandre de Verteuil
* Thomas Bächler [2014-04-17 21:31] : > I think another solution in systemd would be introducing a holdoff time: > Instead of running immediately on boot, the timer should be scheduled > for boot+5min. > > This requires some investigation - sorry, I don't have a quick solution > right now. Hi,

Re: [arch-general] On-boot delay due to timer units

2014-04-21 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 21.04.2014 18:56, schrieb Leonid Isaev: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:31:07 +0200 > AFAIU, there are 2 real issues here: > 1. We hook to the boot process a bunch of disk-intensive operations which did > not belong there in the 1st place. > 2. Even if a boot delay for timers is implemented or the beha

Re: [arch-general] On-boot delay due to timer units

2014-04-21 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:31:07 +0200 Thomas Bächler wrote: > [...] > > I think another solution in systemd would be introducing a holdoff time: > Instead of running immediately on boot, the timer should be scheduled > for boot+5min. > > This requires some investigation - sorry, I don't have a qui

Re: [arch-general] On-boot delay due to timer units

2014-04-17 Thread Jan Alexander Steffens
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > I don't think it is a problem that the timers run on boot, but rather > that they delay Type=idle units, like agetty. From what the > documentation says, there should not be any delay: > > "Behavior of idle is very similar to simple; however

Re: [arch-general] On-boot delay due to timer units

2014-04-17 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:31:07 +0200 Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 17.04.2014 20:56, schrieb Leonid Isaev: > > Hi, > > > > Since anacron jobs were replaced with timers, I am seeing a noticeable > > delay before agetty prompt appears on machines which were unused for some > > time (due to update/man-d

Re: [arch-general] On-boot delay due to timer units

2014-04-17 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 17.04.2014 20:56, schrieb Leonid Isaev: > Hi, > > Since anacron jobs were replaced with timers, I am seeing a noticeable delay > before agetty prompt appears on machines which were unused for some time (due > to update/man-db timers starting up simultaneously). > > TLDR: Anacron inserts a rand