Actually, it's because usplash is spinning and using 100% CPU... it's really apparent that even things like disk access is sluggish during boot (disk not grinding nearly as fast).
I agree with everyone suggesting a fallback that I'd rather NOT see a usplash than end up with a slow-as-molasses bootup. On 10/12/06, Martin Pitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A graceful fallback would be appreciated, even if it is to not activate > the 'splash' option at install on this platform. > > Booting with 'splash' takes 5 minutes here, when I remove 'splash' it > takes 56 seconds. I suspect that the usplash client functions have some > sort of a timeout which causes this delay. > > -- > [edgy] usplash segfaults > https://launchpad.net/bugs/56587 > -- [edgy] usplash segfaults https://launchpad.net/bugs/56587 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
