Lately my boot time is becoming very slow. I suspect that it has something to do with the nvidia drivers. It is stuck in a loop for 45 minutes trying to detect GPU:
here is the tail of the boot log:
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(2 of 2) A start job is running for Detect the available GPUs and deal with any system changes.
(2 of 2) A start job is running for Detect the available GPUs and deal with any system changes
(1 of 2) A start job is running for Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit (45min 13s / no limit
(1 of 2) A start job is running for Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit (45min 16s / no limit
[ OK ] Started Detect the available GPUs and deal with any system changes.
Starting Light Display Manager...
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And here is the gpu manager log:
sudo cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log
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log_file: /var/log/gpu-manager.log
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
grep dmesg status 0
dmesg status 0 == 0? Yes
grep dmesg status 256
dmesg status 256 == 0? No
Is nvidia loaded? no
Was nvidia unloaded? yes
Is nvidia blacklisted? no
Is fglrx loaded? no
Was fglrx unloaded? no
Is fglrx blacklisted? no
Is intel loaded? yes
Is radeon loaded? no
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is nouveau loaded? yes
Is nouveau blacklisted? no
Is fglrx kernel module available? no
Is nvidia kernel module available? no
Vendor/Device Id: 8086:416
BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
Is boot vga? yes
Vendor/Device Id: 10de:1292
BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0"
Is boot vga? no
Skipping "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "nouveau"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Found "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "nouveau"
Number of connected outputs for /dev/dri/card1: 0
Skipping "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "nouveau"
Found "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
output 0:
eDP connector
Number of connected outputs for /dev/dri/card0: 1
Does it require offloading? yes
last cards number = 2
Has amd? no
Has intel? yes
Has nvidia? yes
How many cards? 2
Has the system changed? No
main_arch_path x86_64-linux-gnu, other_arch_path i386-linux-gnu
Current alternative: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf
Current core alternative: (null)
Is nvidia enabled? no
Is fglrx enabled? no
Is mesa enabled? yes
Is pxpress enabled? no
Is prime enabled? no
Is nvidia available? no
Is fglrx available? no
Is fglrx-core available? no
Is mesa available? yes
Is pxpress available? no
Is prime available? no
Intel IGP detected
Desktop system detected
or laptop with open drivers
Discrete NVIDIA card detected
can't access /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Driver not enabled or not in use
Nothing to do
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not sure if relevant, lspci shows nvidia 3D controller (and other things):
3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] (rev a1)
again, not sure if relevent. systemctl status gpu-manager.service shows:
gpu-manager.service - Detect the available GPUs and deal with any system changes.
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gpu-manager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since ד' 2015-11-11 00:07:08 IST; 13h ago
Main PID: 840 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable.
Update: I rebooted and again it took 45 minutes. What does this mean? I understand that some process is looking for the GPU and it cannot start the desktop until it finds it or gives up, and it seems like it gives up after 45 minutes. Is there some place where a time interval for "give up" is defined?
Please help me understand whats going on and how to fix it.
plymouth-manager?