[Novalug] pause in boot

Scott Talbert swt@techie.net
Thu Mar 13 20:22:35 EDT 2014


On Thu, 13 Mar 2014, Jon LaBadie wrote:

> When I first got this system last year it would boot in
> less than 30 seconds.  Now there is a 90 second pause in
> the boot at about 5 sec.  After the pause booting completes
> in another 18 seconds.
>
> Below is the dmesg output around the pause.  Anyone able
> to see what I should research?
>
> [  5.287943] type=1305 audit(1394751668.258:4): audit_pid=974 old=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 su bj=system_u:system_r:auditd_t:s0 res=1
> [ 93.815681] it87: Found IT8728F chip at 0xa30, revision 1
> [ 93.815700] it87: Beeping is supported

That it87 sure looks suspicious.  It seems to be getting stuck while 
probing that device (although it could be something else that is causing 
the pause and that's just what happens next).

Have you tried older kernels?  Perhaps some update was made to that driver 
which is causing the pause.



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