Public bug reported: Plymouth costs 2 minutes of additional time according to systemd-analyze for me. And while I am indeed running Ubuntu on my 10-year-old HDD, it does seem to have an impact anyways, the impact just increases/decreases depending on your hardware.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: plymouth 0.9.5+git20211018-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-45.45~22.04.1-generic 6.5.13 Uname: Linux 6.5.0-45-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.6 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Aug 13 14:08:36 2024 DefaultPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/bgrt/bgrt.plymouth InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-08-12 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20240220) MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Q470C/500P4C ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-45-generic root=UUID=6b53138b-f689-4542-98ba-00e767f472ac ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-45-generic root=UUID=6b53138b-f689-4542-98ba-00e767f472ac ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: plymouth TextPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/01/2013 dmi.bios.release: 0.1 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. dmi.bios.version: P08RAB dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: NP500P4C-S06AE dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.board.version: FAB1 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvrP08RAB:bd11/01/2013:br0.1:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnQ470C/500P4C:pvr0.1:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnNP500P4C-S06AE:rvrFAB1:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct9:cvr0.1:skuSystemSKUNumber: dmi.product.family: ChiefRiver System dmi.product.name: Q470C/500P4C dmi.product.sku: System SKUNumber dmi.product.version: 0.1 dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2076902 Title: Plymouth costs an extra 2 minutes of boot time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/2076902/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs