[Bug 1787285] [NEW] WindowsXP on a 386 boots faster than Ubuntu 18.04.1

[Damiön la Bagh]

Public bug reported:

Steps to reproduce
Upgrade from 16.04.5 to Ubuntu 18.04.1
Reboot the computer
The computer takes several minutes to reboot
The computer hangs on a purple screen not even showing the Ubuntu progress logo
Eventually the login screen shows up.

The hardware is 
16-core processor
32gb RAM
2GB per second I/O m2.nvme SSD

There is no excuse for these boot times.
Ubuntu 12.04LTS booted in less than 10 seconds on the same hardware.

What should happen.
sudo reboot
10 seconds or less later
greeter shows up
login and use the computer

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: plymouth 0.9.3-1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-32.35-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
Date: Wed Aug 15 23:15:02 2018
DefaultPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-15 (1004 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-32-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro noprompt persistent quiet splash vt.handoff=1
ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-32-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro noprompt persistent quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-15 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P3.30
dmi.board.name: X99 Extreme11
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP3.30:bd08/15/2016:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnX99Extreme11:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

** Affects: plymouth (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic

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Title:
  WindowsXP on a 386 boots faster than Ubuntu 18.04.1

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce
  Upgrade from 16.04.5 to Ubuntu 18.04.1
  Reboot the computer
  The computer takes several minutes to reboot
  The computer hangs on a purple screen not even showing the Ubuntu progress logo
  Eventually the login screen shows up.

  The hardware is 
  16-core processor
  32gb RAM
  2GB per second I/O m2.nvme SSD

  There is no excuse for these boot times.
  Ubuntu 12.04LTS booted in less than 10 seconds on the same hardware.

  What should happen.
  sudo reboot
  10 seconds or less later
  greeter shows up
  login and use the computer

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: plymouth 0.9.3-1ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-32.35-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
  Date: Wed Aug 15 23:15:02 2018
  DefaultPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-15 (1004 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
  MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-32-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro noprompt persistent quiet splash vt.handoff=1
  ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-32-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro noprompt persistent quiet splash vt.handoff=1
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-15 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2016
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: P3.30
  dmi.board.name: X99 Extreme11
  dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP3.30:bd08/15/2016:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnX99Extreme11:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

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