Re: Systemd fun fun fun

From	Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.debian, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.freeware
Subject	Re: Systemd fun fun fun
Date	2017-01-29 19:07 +0000
Organization	JRE Trading Ltd
Message-ID	<20170129190721.7b20375d@jresid.jretrading.com> (permalink)
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 12:40:49 +0100
"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote:

> On 01/29/17 10:01, Joe wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 02:43:05 +0100
> > "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 2017-01-28 23:13, Joe wrote:  
> >>> Fast booting would be nice, but I'll believe it when I see it.
> >>> Some months ago, to add insult to injury, grub started adding
> >>> about a ten-second timeout ('Press any key..') before loading the
> >>> initrd, and I still haven't found how to stop that, other than
> >>> hovering over it waiting to hit a key. It ought to be something
> >>> simple....     
> >>
> >> In openSUSE - check if it is the same in your distro:
> >>
> >> /etc/default/grub:
> >>
> >> GRUB_TIMEOUT=8
> >>
> >> Then run "grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" to apply.
> >>  
> > 
> > My grub timeout is on 5 and works as expected.
> > 
> > In recent months, the *next* screen says 'loading ramdisc' or
> > similar, followed by 'press any key' and sits there for ten seconds
> > or so if I don't press a key. I haven't found anything anywhere
> > which seems to refer to this.  
> 
> This would be in dracut settings, which is the one used in many
> distribution to build the initramfs image. Most likely a change in a
> script your distro uses or you have by mistake changed.
> 

Thatnks for the try, but dracut isn't installed here and
initramfs-tools is used to create the initrd. I can find nothing
in /etc/initramfs-tools referring to a time.

There's no /etc/default entry for initramfs-tools, and the grub entry
contains only its own timeout.

-- 
Joe

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Re: [OT] Systemd fun fun fun Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2016-10-02 15:52 +0200
  Re: [OT] Systemd fun fun fun "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-10-02 16:41 +0200
    Re: [OT] Systemd fun fun fun "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-10-02 22:43 +0800
      Re: [OT] Systemd fun fun fun "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2016-10-02 18:17 +0200
        Re: [OT] Systemd fun fun fun "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 00:24 +0800
  Re: [OT] Systemd fun fun fun Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2016-10-02 20:10 +0200
    Re: Systemd fun fun fun Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2016-10-04 16:40 +0000
      Re: Systemd fun fun fun Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2016-10-04 19:06 +0200
        Re: Systemd fun fun fun Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2016-10-04 17:20 +0000
          Re: Systemd fun fun fun Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2016-10-18 11:45 +0000
      Re: Systemd fun fun fun Innocuous <myemail6622@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-28 10:30 -0500
        Re: Systemd fun fun fun William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2017-01-28 18:55 +0000
          Re: Systemd fun fun fun "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2017-01-28 22:23 +0100
          Re: Systemd fun fun fun Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-01-28 22:13 +0000
            Re: Systemd fun fun fun Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-01-28 22:29 +0000
            Re: Systemd fun fun fun "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2017-01-29 02:43 +0100
              Re: Systemd fun fun fun Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-01-29 09:01 +0000
                Re: Systemd fun fun fun "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2017-01-29 12:40 +0100
                Re: Systemd fun fun fun Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-01-29 19:07 +0000
                Re: Systemd fun fun fun "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2017-01-29 20:50 +0100
                [A BIT SOLVED]Re: Systemd fun fun fun Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-01-29 20:13 +0000
                Re: Systemd fun fun fun "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2017-01-30 04:23 +0100
                Re: Systemd fun fun fun Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-01-30 08:38 +0000
                Re: Systemd fun fun fun "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2017-01-30 14:12 +0100
                Re: Systemd fun fun fun Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-01-30 15:05 +0000
                Re: Systemd fun fun fun "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2017-01-30 11:53 -0600
              Re: Systemd fun fun fun Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2017-01-29 11:38 -0200
                Re: Systemd fun fun fun Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-01-29 19:54 -0500
            Re: Systemd fun fun fun William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2017-01-29 07:00 +0000
              Re: Systemd fun fun fun Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-01-29 09:01 +0000
          Re: Systemd fun fun fun Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2017-01-29 15:49 +0000
        Re: Systemd fun fun fun "Chester A. Arthur" <deadprez@whitehouse.com> - 2017-01-28 14:06 -0600
          Re: Systemd fun fun fun senior-student <senior-student@fakemail.net> - 2017-01-28 21:27 +0000

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