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Why is this laptop taking almost 1 minute to boot Ubuntu 13.04?

My dad's new HP Pavilion dv6 laptop running Ubuntu 13.04 takes almost a minute to boot up - it seems like it's hanging somewhere. Is there something I can do to easily fix it? I need some help ...
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Why are there start 'S' symlinks in rc0.d (shutdown) and rc6.d (reboot)?

Start 'S' symlinks in shutdown and restart runlevels? Why are there 'S00-S99' start symlinks in rc0.d and rc6.d? Ubuntu 13.04 directory listing: $ ls -l /etc/init.d/rc6.d lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root ...
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Start and stop parameters in init script

I have .conf a file in /etc/init/ with this code at the bottom: start on (started network-interface or started network-manager or started networking) stop on (stopping ...
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How to check if openvpn is connected in Upstart?

I need to run a script after mysql and openvpn are started (Ubuntu for ARM). I can succesfully run the script with upstart with this .conf: # my upstart for logging boot start on (starting openvpn ...
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Console prompt during boot (for truecrypt)

In short: Please provide me with a up-to-date best practice solution to mount my Truecrypt volumes at boot with secure password prompt! I may accept a answer that has nothing to do with Truecrypt and ...
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X : conditional xorg.conf file during startup

I've got a computer which I use at a couple of different sites, and I've got differen monitors at those sites. What I've done is that I've ceated different xorg.conf files for each of these sites. ...
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Ubuntu 12.04, why service procps start doesn't start procps?

I have been trying to get some settings in /etc/sysctl.conf to take effect upon rebooting. So, I did the following as the root user on this node running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit # service procps ...
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Boot computer to text mode using kernel parameters

Referring to this question: How to remove the graphical user interface? The answer of modifying /etc/default/grub to have GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text" would be great, but unfortunately I don't ...
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How do I correct items that are now upstart jobs but still have an entry in /etc/init.d?

How do I correct items that are now upstart jobs but still have an entry in /etc/init.d? I have an ubuntu 12.04 machine which complains in the boot.log file like: Since the script you are ...
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Boot order of MySQL

I have a conflict with two programs in Ubuntu 10.04. I have configured an init.d file that boots up a program. However, this program requires MySQL to be running before it starts. When I boot the ...
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Squid3 fails to start on boot

Squid3 does not start automatically on boot, in some cases. I have start it manually with sudo service squid3 start. Any reason why?
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vncserver in rc.local will not run at boot

I'm using /etc/rc.local and here is the current contents: Okay, for some reason the formatting here isn't making a codeblock and instead is making everything bold and 3x the size. Those who are able, ...
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After Upgrading to 12.04 I can't get to the login screen

I cannot go pass the black screen and the following shows up on my screen after upgrading and rebooting with the Ubuntu update manager from 11.10 to 12.04: ata_id [27]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for ...
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Upstart script: Detect shift key down at boot

I want to create a boot up potential which allows a different upstart/runlevel configurations to load based upon specific key downs at boot (or combos). How do I detect a key down event with an ...
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How can I boot to upstart failsafe mode?

http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#failsafe-mode-ubuntu-specific says 11.10 introduced a new failsafe mode. How can I boot to it? What commands do I give grub to pass to upstart to do this failsafe ...
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How can I boot into recovery mode if it hangs booting single user?

How can I boot into recovery mode if it hangs booting into single user mode? I am trying to boot into "recovery mode" or any single user mode, but upstart is trying to start modem-manager no matter ...
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GDM killed on startup

In order to fix a sound issue, I'd completely removed all PulseAudio packages, which removed several additional packages which I hadn't kept track of. I have since added back several packages that ...
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Why isn't my upstart service starting on system boot?

Following on from this question, I have written a simple upstart service (/etc/init/pms.conf) for my headless Ubuntu Server 11.04 box as follows: start on filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=eth0 stop ...
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Do newer Ubuntu releases benefit from multicore processors at boot time?

I've read the Upstart features and it says nothing about concurrency. I also read old advices to set CONCURRENCY value in the /etc/init.d/rc But there is a comment: Specify method used to enable ...
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How to allow Upstart task to block system boot?

I'm writing an Upstart task which runs at runlevel 1. This is for an ecrypted system, and the task's job is to verify the integrity of the MBR & /boot. As such, it is important that this task ...
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Slow boot after clean install of Natty

The time have risen from 20-25 sec in Meerkat to 35 sec in Natty. I do not know if it is ureadahead but made a bugreport of it in launchpad. I tried Fedora shortly before installing Natty. They use ...
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Disable GDM on ubuntu netbook remix

I'm running Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.10 (on a pandaboard), and it doesn't boot with grub (so I can't pass it the 'text' parameter at boot time). How do i disable gdm so it doesn't start at boot? ...
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How can I make sure one Upstart job starts before other Upstart jobs?

This is a general Upstart question, but let me use a specific case: Centrify is a NIS to ActiveDirectory gateway. It needs to load before any service that will depend the authentication service that ...
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MySQL server Upstart script not working on boot

For some reason the Upstart script for the MySQL server isn't working when I boot my server, however it does work once the server has booted and I execute sudo start mysql manually. I'm running an ...
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Why does mysql process starts on boot?

As you can see, mysql exists only in the /etc/init.d directory and not in /etc/rcN.d, therefore it shouldn't start on boot. $ sudo find /etc -regex ".*\(rc.*d\|init\.d\).*" | sudo grep "mysql" | sort ...