slow start up Ubuntu 14.04

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 18 May 2014 17:23, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 18 May 2014 16:22, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> hi,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > This is an external hard drive.  The internal failed.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> was the faster 13.10 installation on the same drive ?
> >> >>
> >> >> how is this external disk attached ? (eSATA, USB 2.0,  USB 3.0,
> >> >> thunderbolt, firewire  ...) ?
> >> >>
> >> >> ciao
> >> >>         oli
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > The same drive had 13.10 on it.  it is connected via usb 3.0.
> >> >
> >> > Oh, I did not realize you could click on 'computer' to see system
> files,
> >> > that's why I ran gksudo.
> >> >
> >> > Anyway the bootlog file shows 80 seconds.  I think that is just from
> >> > login
> >> > on, judging by how long booting from scratch actually takes.
> >>
> >> I think it is the time to boot, which is the time *to* the login
> >> screen, or to the start of the login operation if you have autologin
> >> enabled.  I did suggest that you switch off autologin in order to see
> >> whether it is the boot or the login that is taking the time.
> >>
> >> Colin
> >>
> >
> > I do not have autologin enabled.  what is really slow is after I log in.
>
> OK, I was confused as you said that it was slow to boot rather than it
> being slow to login.  Boot time is generally considered to be the time
> it takes to get to the login screen (I think).
>
> Colin
>
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The whole thing is slow.  On 13.10 I was fully up and running in about 50
secs.   14.04 was that way at first.

I check the hard drive, it's fine.

garyk
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