Clément Lassieur <[email protected]> writes: > Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> writes: > >> Hello Guix, >> >> I have an encrypted root. When GRUB asks me for my passphrase, it takes >> 5–10 seconds after I hit enter before it displays the menu; then, once >> I’ve selected an entry, it takes another 5 seconds or so to boot. >> >> It’s always been this way for me (that’s on UEFI), but I’m sufficiently >> annoyed to write this message today. :-) >> >> Are others experiencing this as well? Any hints? > > I experience the same, and it's very annoying. I thought it was because > of Libreboot, I'm glad to know it's not (assuming you don't use > Libreboot).
There may also be a Libreboot-specific problem legitimately slows down the boot process: https://notabug.org/libreboot/libreboot/issues/197 When I boot on a machine that does not use Libreboot, I see a few seconds' delay while the GRUB payload opens the LUKS volume. As explained by Tobias, this is probably expected behavior. However, on a machine with Libreboot, I find that about 1 or 2 MINUTES of time is required before any progress is made, during which the HDD light is constantly illuminated, as if the drive is being heavily accessed. I suspect it might be related to the bug linked above. In addition, after that time passes, Libreboot spits out a bunch of errors about how it couldn't find various devices. Nevertheless, pressing a button like the "up arrow" on my keyboard takes me to the next phase of the bootstrap process, which is the Guix-installed GRUB menu. From there on out, it's smooth sailing. Anyway, I have no reason to suspect that's a GuixSD issue. I just wanted to mention that there may be other Libreboot-specific delays when using the GRUB payload to boot. At least it boots reliably, if slowly. -- Chris
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