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ryanrudolfoba / SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot

Script to install Clover - a graphical boot manager for the Steam Deck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDnxOw6j3EY&t=975s
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Steam OS 3.5 long boot time #27

Closed eHerbaciarz closed 10 months ago

eHerbaciarz commented 11 months ago

I use Clover for dual-boot (SteamOS 3.5 and Windows 10) - https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot (release 15.10.2023) And I noticed that SteamOS loads much slower due to Clover - ~30 seconds to even over one minute. Windows 10 starts immediately. If I boot SteamOS directly from UEFI (Vol - + power button), the system starts almost immediately.

What could be causing the long startup time?

ryanrudolfoba commented 11 months ago

We have an identical setup - WIN10 amd SteamOS 3.5

Boot SteamOS and then go to desktop mode.

Open konsole terminal and type this command -

systemd-analyze time

It will show a breakdown of how long it takes to boot. My output is this -

5.50 - firmware

4.87 - loader

1.84 - kernel

5.95 - userspace

Add all of that and you get your boot time. Mine is 18.06seconds.

With that said i find the boot times inconsistent. Even without Clover sometimes SteamOS takes a while to load getting stuck on a blank screen. I don't think this is caused by the Clover script itself. The Clover script that runs automatically at startup only takes milliseconds to run.

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hartojodylan commented 11 months ago

I have a similar issue on Steam OS 3.5, Bios 118.

Steps to reproduce for me:

  1. Boot into windows
  2. Restart
  3. Boot into steam OS
  4. Steam OS takes a really long time to boot or doesn't boot at all

Fix:

  1. Force power down by holding the power button during long boot
  2. Boot again into Steam OS
  3. Steam OS boots at normal (fast) speed

I'm not sure what's causing it, if I was using Steam OS before the shutdown and use Steam OS again, the long boot doesn't happen.

Maybe important:

hartojodylan commented 11 months ago

Where can I find the sanity check systemd script? I'll try to code review it and comment here if I find something that could possibly be related

ryanrudolfoba commented 11 months ago

@hartojodylan Please check my previous reply and use systemd-analyze time and compare the output.

The systemd script is located here -

/etc/systemd/system/clover-bootmanager.sh

ryanrudolfoba commented 10 months ago

havent heard back so i'll be closing this issue.