Suddenly very slow to start

[David Whyte]

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:44 PM, David Bowskill <davidbow at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Thanks for reply Dave.
> There are no devices plugged into any  USB port (apart from the mouse)
> although the effect did seem to first arise when I was using a USB stick
> some while ago.
> I have run 'lsusb' in a terminal and the results are as below:
>
> david at DJB-P4:~$ lsusb
> Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0461:4d01 Primax Electronics, Ltd Comfort Keyboard
> Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass
> Storage Device
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> david at DJB-P4:~$
>

Hi,

Just thought as another David, I could add to this thread :)

It looks like the line...

> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass
> Storage Device

...is an internal media card reader.  Do you have a card in the
internal reader when you boot?  If so, try removing that before boot
up.

There are ways to boot in safe mode or recovery mode or something too,
which shows all the startup messages scrolling up the screen.  If you
get there, you may see some errors about what the problem is.

Cheers,
Whytey