HOWTO: Reducing boot time in Ubuntu using InitNG

[lepre]

installed on xubuntu and seems to work. but i get some tweak to do (it start with ubuntu gdm now instead of xubuntu, on shutdown it wait 15 sec for me to read, why not just press a key option?)
the boot time is 36 vs 27

[givré]

Yeah, initng is still a beta, so some tweeks are needed, but when it's done, it's fligh. Don't hesitate to ask question if you have troubles. We can do everything with initng

[anodizer]

I installed and configured it using the wiki page, but when I boot using InitNG it hangs at "system/sysctl" point. Why is that?

[givré]

well, /etc/initng/system/systclt show me,

service system/sysctl {
	need = system/initial;
	exec start = /sbin/sysctl -n -e -q -p;
}

But don't be confuse by hanging process. Due to the asynchrone start, when a service hang, you could be sure that a lot other run behind(that's not the case with sysvinit).

EDIT:givré, why you do like to confuse people

[anodizer]

What's this piece of code? Should I paste it somewhere? (initng noob here ;p)

[givré]

no sorry , that's just the sysctl initng script, the idea behind this post was just to show you that it's quite easy to know what do a script: just go to /etc/initng. But i'm not sure it was a good idea.
Anyway, if it hangs during something like 1 or 2 s, that's quite normal. If it really take time, have a look at

sudo ngc -l

to see if you have some error, and report them here if you don't know how to solve them

[anodizer]

It booted normally this time, without changing anything. The problem now is that Xgl or compiz is so slow, the desktop is unusable. I don't know if this is a initng bug or a compiz one, but it doesn't happen if I boot with the classic method.

[givré]

1. Ok i know what was your sysclt pb, it hangs because it checks root file system, just like normal boot do (every 30 boot).
2. What is your graphic card, how did you set XGL/compiz (which howto did you follow). As i said, when can do everything with initng, so that's not an issue, just need some configuration

[H.E. Pennypacker]

installed on xubuntu and seems to work. but i get some tweak to do (it start with ubuntu gdm now instead of xubuntu, on shutdown it wait 15 sec for me to read, why not just press a key option?)
the boot time is 36 vs 27

It waits 15 seconds to give you the opportunity to review the errors that it displays. You're having the same issue as me. Presumably, if there are no errors displayed, you will not be waiting 15 seconds.

givre, my problem relates to eth0, which I don't use regularly. When shutting down, a message comes up at the end, and it says something about eth0. When I do sudo ngc -l, I don't get any errors related to eth0.

givre, one more thing, how do I remove entries from start-up using initNG? A lot of people are saying they removed this and that, but as far as I know, you can't removing anything from start up using initNG. I believe you can only do that with BUMPS.

Thanks a lot, givre. I am in awe of your knowledge.

[anodizer]

1. Ok i know what was your sysclt pb, it hangs because it checks root file system, just like normal boot do (every 30 boot).
2. What is your graphic card, how did you set XGL/compiz (which howto did you follow). As i said, when can do everything with initng, so that's not an issue, just need some configuration

1. Yeah that must be the case, when I booted without initng it made the checkdisk. But initng should display something about checking root fs.

2. ATi Radeon 9600XT and I'm using the method with the .Xsession file in my /home.
Here's the script:

#!/bin/sh
# Start up Xgl, compiz, and GNOME
# Run Xgl server on :1, on top of normal X
Xgl :1 -fullscreen -ac -accel xv -accel glx:pbuffer &
# Tell subsequent X programs to access the Xgl server at :1
DISPLAY=:1
# Start Compiz window manager
gnome-window-decorator &
compiz gconf decoration wobbly fade minimize cube rotate zoom scale move resize place menu switcher &
# Start GNOME 
exec gnome-session

Everything starts up, just waaay slow.