How can I speed up the start of my distribution?

[urbain_michel]

Hello everyone,

Since I migrated from Pardus 23.4 to version 25, my laptop boots up much more slowly.
Can you help me?

[kivanc (Kıvanç)]

hi bro

i think thats because pardus 25 has way more stuff in it, and 23.4 was lighter so that might be the reason why your laptop boots a little slower in 25.

and i wonder why u use ur pc in 60 Hz, i strongly believe you have 144. thats out of the topic but i really want to know.

[shampuan (Zeus)]

This is a Google Translate translation. I apologize for any errors.

As Linux users, we generally recommend a clean install rather than upgrading from one major version to the next. Upgrading can often cause problems. If you’ve already done a clean install, please disregard this warning.

There are multiple causes of the slowness issue, and we’ll need more data to identify them.

Before others respond, do the following: If you have Synaptic Package Manager installed on your system, run it (it will ask for your password) and search for “intel-microcode.” Check if it’s installed and install it if it’s not. If your problem persists after rebooting, please continue reporting it here.

[urbain_michel]

I just checked the display settings and I don’t know how to go higher than 60 Hz…

[urbain_michel]

Good question, I left the configuration settings at default, I didn’t know I could go up to 144 Hz in my case, what happens when you switch to this frequency?
Thank you for your help.

[urbain_michel]

@shampuan

ntel-microcode

Thank you for your help. I just checked, and Intel Microcode is indeed installed in Synaptic.

I’m going to try formatting the root partition while leaving the Home partition intact.

[eminfedar]

Please share the output of this command:

systemd-analyze

and this:

systemd-analyze critical-chain

So we can see which boot process takes time.

[urbain_michel]

jpdc91@pardus-83a2:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 4.911s (firmware) + 3.861s (loader) + 2.789s (kernel) + 1min 37.247s (userspace) = 1min 48.809s 
graphical.target reached after 1min 37.247s in userspace.
jpdc91@pardus-83a2:~$ systemd-analyze critical-chain
The time when unit became active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit took to start is printed after the "+" character.

graphical.target @1min 37.247s
└─power-profiles-daemon.service @1min 37.224s +22ms
  └─multi-user.target @1min 37.222s
    └─vboxweb-service.service @1min 37.150s +49ms
      └─network-online.target @1min 37.144s
        └─NetworkManager-wait-online.service @1min 31.551s +5.591s
          └─NetworkManager.service @1min 30.780s +766ms
            └─dbus.service @1min 30.716s +59ms
              └─basic.target @1min 30.678s
                └─sockets.target @1min 30.677s
                  └─uuidd.socket @1min 30.677s
                    └─sysinit.target @1min 30.675s
                      └─apparmor.service @1min 30.599s +75ms
                        └─local-fs.target @1min 30.595s
                          └─tmp.mount @1min 30.562s +32ms
                            └─systemd-journald.socket @473ms
                              └─system.slice @432ms
                                └─-.slice @432ms
jpdc91@pardus-83a2:~$ 

[Sadi (Sadi Yumuşak)]

Not everyone has that luxury; I have to choose between 60 Hz and 48 Hz, for example.
But I don’t think this explains why this laptop boots up much more slowly than before.

[Sadi (Sadi Yumuşak)]

It seems the first thing that you should better do is:
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online.service
I don’t think you need to wait for network connection until you login anyway. This service is useless for ordinary users, and slows down the booting time unnecessarily.
Youl’ll notice a big difference when you reboot.

[Sadi (Sadi Yumuşak)]

I suggest you try to fix the problem before formating the root partition.
Upgrading from Pardus 23 / Debian 12 to Pardus 25 / Debian 13 should be OK usually.

[urbain_michel]

I’ll try your advice, hoping it makes a difference. Do you think it could be related to the fact that I’m using Backports more or because the kernel is different?

[Sadi (Sadi Yumuşak)]

I don’t think so. I also upgraded Pardus 23 to 25, and it’s booting in 4 or 5 seconds to a KDE Plasma session. I also have Debian 14 (testing), which takes about 1 second more, that’s it.

[shampuan (Zeus)]

"Yavaş açılıyor"u “Yavaş çalışıyor” diye okumuşum.

@urbain_michel , I am sorry, I misunderstood your question and misled you. But at least you know that your processor’s firmware is installed.