# Slow Ubuntu Budgie Boot

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 3, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771 "2019-12-03T23:11:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![ruwe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/ruwe/32/2155_2.png) [@ruwe](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/ruwe)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771/1 "2019-12-03T23:11:50Z")

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After installing 19.10 alongside Windows 10 on my Asus Notebook, I expected the boot time to under a minute. Instead, it is 1 min and 15 seconds.

Is this normal for a laptop with a HD (no SSD, still)?

systemd-analyze blame returns :

```
     27.834s systemd-journal-flush.service
     20.529s dev-sda5.device
     18.226s snapd.service
     17.288s networkd-dispatcher.service
     14.839s udisks2.service
     13.805s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
     11.923s accounts-daemon.service
      9.684s ModemManager.service
      9.038s systemd-resolved.service
      8.998s gpu-manager.service
      8.906s vboxweb.service
      8.753s e2scrub_reap.service
      8.660s mono-xsp4.service
      8.530s grub-common.service
      8.210s secureboot-db.service
      8.106s apport.service
      7.849s avahi-daemon.service
      7.694s plymouth-read-write.service
      7.662s NetworkManager.service
      7.659s bluetooth.service
      7.659s wpa_supplicant.service

```

There is also a boot screen with a long line of message that I find difficult to interpret:

 ![error_message](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/e/efd4951a4b09d8e7b29ce7901e5e21866d105372.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771/2 "2019-12-03T23:15:22Z")

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That is indeed slow - and maybe those PCIe errors are the key (hopefully)

Does anything here (suggest also read the comments) help?

> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/771899/pcie-bus-error-severity-corrected>

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**Author:** ![ruwe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/ruwe/32/2155_2.png) [@ruwe](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/ruwe)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771/3 "2019-12-04T00:02:13Z")

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Great many thanks, adding pci=noaer to the GRUB solved the problem with the PCI Bus.

The boot time stills remains the same, though.

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**Author:** ![codic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/codic/32/2569_2.png) [@codic](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/codic)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771/4 "2019-12-04T00:23:32Z")

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1m 15s is perfectly normal for a HDD, at least for me. What was Win10’s boot time?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 9:01am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771/5 "2019-12-04T09:01:52Z")

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> [@ruwe](#):
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> systemd-journal-flush.service

Found this article about the above service - worth a try [boot - What is the use of systemd-journal-flush.service? - Ask Ubuntu](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1094389/what-is-the-use-of-systemd-journal-flush-service)

> [@ruwe](#):
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> NetworkManager-wait-online.service

> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/1018576/what-does-networkmanager-wait-online-service-do>

> [@ruwe](#):
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> ModemManager.service

> [@ruwe](#):
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> ModemManager.service

> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/216114/how-can-i-remove-modem-manager-from-boot>

Worth re-running `systemd-analyze blame` after dealing with the above.

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**Author:** ![ruwe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/ruwe/32/2155_2.png) [@ruwe](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/ruwe)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771/6 "2019-12-04T22:41:00Z")

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Windows 10 boot time is only 35 seconds … a lost faster

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**Author:** ![codic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/codic/32/2569_2.png) [@codic](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/codic)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771/7 "2019-12-04T22:48:51Z")

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Hmm, VERY fast for a HDD. Check @fossfreedom’s posts above, please. They tell you some system services you can shut down to make boot faster ;p

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**Author:** ![ruwe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/ruwe/32/2155_2.png) [@ruwe](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/ruwe)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/slow-ubuntu-budgie-boot/2771/8 "2019-12-04T23:13:19Z")

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Thank you, guys, for your efforts.

I have looked at the system-service solution [here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1094389/what-is-the-use-of-systemd-journal-flush-service) before, and, even it is possible, it is not recommended to disable the service, since it obviously has a utility, or wouldn’t be there.

System-analyze blame reveals that the process which takes the longest time to load, is

```
systemd-journal-flush.service

```

According to the recommendations from ask-ubuntu, I tried:

```
sudo journalctl --vacuum-size=1G --vacuum-time=5d --vacuum-files=5

```

But, to no avail.

I find the idea to disable services in order to gain a couple of seconds, concerning. I guess there is a high probability to mess up the system and sometimes undo certain actions is not that easy.

It just would be nice to have a slicker boot …