Gutsy speed

[Jef Driesen]

Davide Corio wrote:
> Il giorno gio, 06/12/2007 alle 13.20 +0100, Stefano Menegazzi ha
> scritto:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> i was wondering about incresing ubuntu boot speed...
>> right now it takes much time to get ready, is there any
>> trick to make it faster?
> 
> What do you mean with much time? 30 secs or 5 mins?
> 
> On my C2D 2.0Ghz with 1GB ram, it takes about 20 secs (about 1 minute
> and more for Vista)

I'm also interested in some speed improvements. My ubuntu laptop needs 
approximately 5 mins to boot. It is a Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz with 2GB ram, 
so it is very similar to your system. Even my much older desktop system 
(P4 3.2GHz) boots much faster. The first part of the boot sequence 
(where the splash screen with the progress bar is shown) is reasonable 
fast, but once X comes up, I have to wait several minutes before my 
gnome desktop appears. During that time, I only see a light brown 
background color.