[arch-general] Optimizing boot

[Toyam Cox]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Jan Alexander Steffens <
jan.steffens at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Toyam Cox
> <csupercomputergeek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to have a sub-30 second boot time, so as to make it possible for
> me
> > to power down my computer and power back up at a moment's notice. Right
> > now, I have a (according to my watch) ~35 second boot time. I used
> > systemd-analyze, and discovered that NetworkManager.service is running
> for
> > 12 seconds of that time! Also, polkit.service runs quite a while after
> > everything else, but that is less important.
> >
> > How do I optimize NetworkManager.service to shorten boot times,
> especially
> > as I don't need a network first-thing?
> >
> > --
> > - Toyam
>
> Are you using a display manager? If not (getty), add a snippet for
> getty at .service to use Type=simple instead of Type=idle (making it
> start ASAP) and add "quiet" to the kernel command line so boot
> messages are suppressed. This will allow you to log in with getty
> while the system is still booting.
>


I'm using LXDM, my attempt to be lightweight with a GUI. Would Type=simple
still work with LXDM? I notice it starts relatively soon in the boot
process, meaning I'd need to figure out getting polkit to start even
sooner, but is it an option?

-- 
- Toyam