On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:22 AM, Jakub Klinkovský <j.l.k@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 30 April 2014 00:06:43 CEST, Toyam Cox <csupercomputergeek@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I want to have a sub-30 second boot time, so as to make it possible for > >me > >to power down my computer and power back up at a moment's notice. Right > >now, I have a (according to my watch) ~35 second boot time. I used > >systemd-analyze, and discovered that NetworkManager.service is running > >for > >12 seconds of that time! Also, polkit.service runs quite a while after > >everything else, but that is less important. > > > >How do I optimize NetworkManager.service to shorten boot times, > >especially > >as I don't need a network first-thing? > > > >-- > >- Toyam > > Just a wild guess: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180099 > Startup finished in 4.215s (firmware) + 176ms (loader) + 2.939s (kernel) + 11.166s (userspace) = 18.497s Thank you very much! NetworkManager takes a much more reasonable 1.4 seconds now. It would not have occured to me to have the journal checked. I also enabled readahead, and now LXDE starts before I'm finished booting, a very nice feature. -- - Toyam