Fedora19 Improving boot time/disabling useless services

asked 2013-10-04 09:25:33 -0600

panguro
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Hi guys, for the first time i've installed a Linux Distro (latest Fedora 19 with gnome3). I like it very much but i want to improve the boot time. I think i can disable some useless service (for me) like bluetooth or wi-fi module (i use ethernet cable) and there are some errors too. Please answer with easy to understand language and examples of command to launch because i'm a newbie :)

This is what is shown with dmesg command (sorry i can't upload/attach it because it's first question here): ("long gap" are 8-11, 13-37, 37-271)

dmesg output can be found in fpaste.org

Anyone can help me? :)

Thanks

EDITED (by Artur):

systemd-analyze blame:
8.676s plymouth-quit-wait.service
8.676s plymouth-quit-wait.service
4.406s firewalld.service
1.393s lvm2-monitor.service
1.364s accounts-daemon.service
1.338s systemd-fsck-root.service
1.246s NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
1.236s avahi-daemon.service
1.234s systemd-logind.service
1.207s rtkit-daemon.service
1.200s gdm.service
1.161s dmraid-activation.service
1.160s systemd-udev-settle.service
1.093s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
 845ms plymouth-start.service
 806ms fedora-loadmodules.service
 747ms rpcbind.service
 741ms bluetooth.service
 498ms systemd-sysctl.service

After command by Arthur i gained some secs systemctl disable plymouth-quit-wait.service

Startup finished in 1.026s (kernel) + 1.396s (initrd) + 13.400s (userspace) = 15.822s
          7.326s plymouth-quit-wait.service
          3.674s firewalld.service
          2.485s lvm2-monitor.service
          2.074s accounts-daemon.service
          1.494s gdm.service
          1.457s systemd-logind.service
          1.449s avahi-daemon.service
          1.417s rtkit-daemon.service
          1.409s systemd-udev-settle.service
          1.226s systemd-fsck-root.service
           976ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
           964ms colord.service
           893ms dmraid-activation.service
           846ms plymouth-start.service
           716ms NetworkManager.service
           564ms fedora-loadmodules.service
           554ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
           485ms chronyd.service
           463ms mcelog.service
           440ms systemd-udevd.service
           428ms plymouth-read-write.service
           421ms livesys-late.service
           390ms systemd-journal-flush.service
           347ms polkit.service
           286ms systemd-readahead-replay.service
           262ms systemd-sysctl.service
           236ms auditd.service
           192ms dev-disk-by\x2duuid-389aa575\x2d398b\x2d49dc\x2da8d7\x2dc46f30a2d36e.swap
           180ms lvm2-lvmetad.service
           152ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
           152ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
           151ms dev-hugepages.mount
           151ms dev-mqueue.mount
           125ms tmp.mount
           120ms udisks2.service
            85ms systemd-remount-fs.service
            74ms rpcbind.service
            69ms bluetooth.service
            62ms systemd-readahead-collect.service
            42ms livesys.service
            31ms systemd-user-sessions.service
            26ms sm-client.service
            22ms sendmail.service
            18ms abrt-ccpp.service
            14ms systemd-vconsole-setup.service
            12ms fedora-readonly.service
            10ms upower.service
             7ms NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
             6ms systemd-localed.service
             5ms sys-kernel-config.mount
             4ms systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service
             4ms systemd-readahead-done.service
             4ms sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
             1ms systemd-random-seed-load.service

After executing:

systemctl mask plymouth-quit-wait.service

(now it doesn't load "plymouth-quit-wait.service" on boot anymore, but i didn't gain any "real" seconds (only on logs) doing that.*

Startup finished in 1.021s (kernel) + 1.434s (initrd) + 13.024s (userspace) = 15.480s
      4.042s systemd-udev-settle.service
      3.810s colord.service
      3.676s firewalld.service
      2.039s lvm2-monitor.service
      1.494s systemd-fsck-root.service
      1.240s fedora-loadmodules.service
      1.041s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
       885ms accounts-daemon.service
       851ms plymouth-start.service
       786ms systemd-sysctl.service
       723ms systemd-logind.service
       721ms avahi-daemon.service
       715ms chronyd.service
       615ms NetworkManager.service
       612ms mcelog.service
       612ms livesys.service
       603ms systemd-user-sessions.service
       598ms dmraid-activation.service
       563ms udisks2.service
       468ms ...

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Please post output of this commands: systemd-analyze; systemd-analyze blame

none ( 2013-10-04 09:49:14 -0600 )edit

systemd-analyze; Startup finished in 1.019s (kernel) + 1.437s (initrd) + 15.145s (userspace) = 17.603s

panguro ( 2013-10-04 11:26:28 -0600 )edit

Improve boot time? That is a fast startup!

skytux ( 2013-10-04 11:36:14 -0600 )edit

systemd-analyze blame:8.676s plymouth-quit-wait.service 8.676s plymouth-quit-wait.service 4.406s firewalld.service 1.393s lvm2-monitor.service 1.364s accounts-daemon.service 1.338s systemd-fsck-root.service 1.246s NetworkManager-dispatcher.service 1.236s avahi-daemon.service 1.234s systemd-logind.service 1.207s rtkit-daemon.service 1.200s gdm.service 1.161s dmraid-activation.service 1.160s systemd-udev-settle.service 1.093s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service 845ms plymouth-start.service 806ms fedora-loadmodules.service 747ms rpcbind.service 741ms bluetooth.service 498ms systemd-sysctl.service

panguro ( 2013-10-04 11:37:13 -0600 )edit

I'm "in there" in about 56 secs (the motherboard takes 20s to load things and display O.S. list, so 36 secs to load), Before login screen (and after the Fedora logo disappear) it shows me a black screen without actions (apparently) for 10s. I think there are some problems with ipv6 on boot.

panguro ( 2013-10-04 11:43:00 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-10-05 13:55:38 -0600

skytux

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If the problem is the time taken by plymouth-quit-wait.service, then take a look here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967521

It was told that removing /var/log/journal fixes the problem. Indeed, it did for me.

Otherwise, I don't understand what is the problem here.

HTH,

Germán.

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This indeed decreased my boot time ... WOW about 20 secs.. !

NickTux ( 2014-01-31 13:40:35 -0600 )edit

What was your boot time? :)

skytux ( 2014-01-31 14:39:54 -0600 )edit

41 secs, after I removed /var/log/journal/ it is 21 secs . Counted with systemd-analyze before and after - Fedora 20 !

NickTux ( 2014-01-31 15:04:02 -0600 )edit

What about fedora 22

VIPIN YADAV ( 2016-04-12 02:32:16 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-10-06 03:57:08 -0600

none
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First of all, I see that plymouth-quit-wait.service is still runing during boot, so please execute (as root): systemctl mask plymouth-quit-wait.service (this will disable this service).

More to that, according to your question do (all commands as root):

If you don't need dynamic firewall: systemctl disable firewalld.service
If you don't use lvm (check this by (as root) lvs, and post result here): systemctl disable lvm2-monitor.service and systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad.service
systemctl disable avahi-daemon.service
systemctl disable dmraid-activation.service
systemctl disable livesys-late.service
systemctl disable livesys.service
systemctl disable sendmail.service
systemctl disable sm-client.service
If you don't need to connect (as a cient) to NFS server or NIS server, then disable: systemctl disable rpcbind.service
If you don't need Bluetooth: systemctl disable bluetooth.service
If you don't need time synchronization: systemctl disable chronyd.service
If you don't need Plymouth (this graphic-animation boot) systemctl disable plymouth-read-write.service and systemctl disable plymouth-start.service

If for some reasons, after reboot you still see any of disabled by you service in systemd-analyze blame, then redo command, but replace disable with mask, eg: systemctl disable rpcbind.service doesn't work, rpcbind is still running, then: systemctl mask rpcbind.service.

Again, all command execute as root (or at least by sudo).

After you done, and none of this service is running again, update your question with results from; systemd-analyze; systemd-analyze blame

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Hi, thanks for reply. I've disabled a few services you wrote, but i didn't get any reasonable improvements. Is Thunderbird related to sendmail? or it doesn't need that service? Another thing: is it normal to wait 10 seconds (black screen) after that Fedora logo disappears and before the login screen?

panguro ( 2013-10-06 11:33:42 -0600 )edit

You don't need sendmail for using any MUA like thunderbird. And no, it is not normal.

none ( 2013-10-06 11:42:56 -0600 )edit

Ok, then, what it could be? other than cutting off the 10 sec black screen i think there's nothing left to do to really improve the boot time.

panguro ( 2013-10-07 14:10:23 -0600 )edit

Please post on paste output of systemd-analyze plot

none ( 2013-10-08 14:09:59 -0600 )edit

here it is: http://paste.fedoraproject.org/45253/

panguro ( 2013-10-08 14:58:59 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-10-04 11:42:13 -0600

sea
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updated 2013-10-04 12:43:21 -0600

Once you have a list to work,

with the output Artur Symczak asked for - i'd prefer the command output the other way around: systemd-analyze blame;systemd-analyze

You can disable them like this.

NOTE: This example works for me, but might not be applicable to your system!

for serv in ip6tables bluetooth \
    sendmail exim \
    livesys livesys-late \
    mdmonitor mdmonitor-takeover \
    lvm2 lvm2-monitor
do
    systemctl stop $serv.service
    systemctl disable $serv.service
done

These are common victims for my system, so i have them disabled upon first login.

Edit & update: According to your output, i'd applied them this way for you:

for serv in fedora-loadmodules plymouth-quit-wait \
        bluetooth systemd-fsck-root \
        avahi-daemon lvm2-monitor
do
    systemctl stop $serv.service
    systemctl disable $serv.service
done

lvm2-monitor and avahi-daemon might cause an issue - i dont know. If it was my system, id run this, but then its not mine - you do at your own risk.

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Mmm i'd prefer to not risk! i think lvm2 and plymouth are necessary. Do You know a secure way to completely disable ipv6 on boot?

panguro ( 2013-10-04 14:29:44 -0600 )edit

You could always erease any ip6tables from your system, however, just disabling should suffice.

yum remove ip6tables vs. systemctl disable ip6tables.service

If you dont have a LVM setup, you can savely remove lvm2-monitor, however i'm not sure how much it affects raid systems...

sea ( 2013-10-04 15:08:20 -0600 )edit

First command doesn't work, the second one "systemctl disable ip6tables.service" seems to disabling it, but when i reboot it loads the same things and it takes exactly the same time to boot up. BTW thanks for replying :) ..other solutions?

panguro ( 2013-10-04 15:34:18 -0600 )edit

What do you mean by "doesnt work".. is there no package to remove or didnt you run yum remove ip6tables as root?

sea ( 2013-10-04 16:16:35 -0600 )edit

no package to remove

panguro ( 2013-10-04 16:45:30 -0600 )edit

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