[xubuntu-users] systemd and xfce questions

[Peter Flynn]

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On 03/21/2015 07:50 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> I've just installed 15.04 on a separate disk to test it out, and
> I'm having a few questions.
> 
> First off, while booting, I guess after loading the kernel and
> initrd, the system becomes unresponsive and the screen goes black
> for a long time (~30s) before systemd takes over and continues the
> boot. Anyone knows where I can begin to look for the cause of this?
> There is nothing in the logs that jumps out at me.

All Linuxes have (always have had) a delay during boot when the screen
goes black and the cursor disappears. I have never understood why this
should be. I have always assumed it's an artifact of me using older,
slower computers, but I have seen it on faster ones too.

New users are particularly set aback by this, because it looks as if
it's broken.

It would be great if the logo or some indication of life could persist
while it does this, but I suspect it's a point at which X is trying to
work out what kind of screen it's dealing with, or something similar,
so the blankness may be unavoidable.

///Peter
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