[SOLVED] "Loading Modules" Slow after Latest Upgrade (EeePC 901)

Question

After the latest upgrade, my EeePC is taking an incredibly long time (20+ seconds) at the "Loading Modules" stage of the boot process. I cannot find any error messages, and after the pause, the machine boots normally. This process used to be almost instantantaneous before the upgrade. The modules being loaded are rfkill and eeepc_laptop.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance
Last edited by myrlin (2011-06-27 10:28:21)

Answer 1

Hi Jason, thank you for helping me.
Here is my rc.conf:
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# DAEMON_LOCALE: If set to 'yes', use $LOCALE as the locale during daemon
# startup and during the boot process. If set to 'no', the C locale is used.
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
# in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged.
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
# VERBOSE: Verbose level (from 1 to 8). man 3 syslog for level info
LOCALE="en_GB.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="Europe/London"
KEYMAP="uk"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
VERBOSE="3"
# HARDWARE
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Blacklisting is no longer supported.
# Replace every !module by an entry as on the following line in a file in
# /etc/modprobe.d:
# blacklist module
# See "man modprobe.conf" for details.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MODULES=(rfkill eeepc_laptop)
# Udev settle timeout (default to 30)
UDEV_TIMEOUT=30
# Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
USEDMRAID="no"
# Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup
USEBTRFS="no"
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="eeepc"
# Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Wired network setup
# - interface: name of device (required)
# - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
# - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP)
# - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
# Static IP example
# interface=eth0
# address=192.168.0.2
# netmask=255.255.255.0
# gateway=192.168.0.1
# DHCP example
# interface=eth0
# address=
# netmask=
# gateway=
interface=eth0
address=
netmask=
gateway=
# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"
# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. These are useful if you happen to
# need more advanced network features than the simple network service
# supports, such as multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This requires the netcfg package
#NETWORKS=(main)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
# If something other takes care of your hardware clock (ntpd, dual-boot...)
# you should disable 'hwclock' here.
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal networkmanager privoxy netfs rfkill eeepc_laptop @ufw @crond @alsa !bluetooth @samba @cups)
Here is my blacklist.conf (I have restored the framebuffer one):
blacklist rt2800pci
blacklist rt61pci
blacklist rt2x00pci
blacklist rt2800usb
blacklist rt2800lib
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib
And here is the output of lsmod:
Module Size Used by
fuse 58669 3
ipt_REJECT 2029 1
ipt_LOG 6518 5
xt_multiport 1498 2
xt_limit 1423 7
xt_tcpudp 1883 7
xt_addrtype 2393 4
nf_conntrack_ipv4 9601 7
nf_defrag_ipv4 1023 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
xt_state 971 7
ip6table_filter 1072 1
ip6_tables 10461 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 249260 12
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 801 0
nf_conntrack_broadcast 961 1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nf_conntrack_pptp 3857 0
nf_conntrack_proto_gre 3241 1 nf_conntrack_pptp
nf_conntrack 50208 6 nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_conntrack_pptp,nf_conntrack_proto_gre
iptable_filter 1100 1
ip_tables 9186 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 11774 11 ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_multiport,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,xt_addrtype,xt_state,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,iptable_filter,ip_tables
btusb 9897 0
bluetooth 115465 1 btusb
uvcvideo 55020 0
videodev 70734 1 uvcvideo
media 8545 1 videodev
joydev 7535 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 225687 1
i915 557262 2
snd_hda_intel 19261 1
snd_hda_codec 66793 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 4919 1 snd_hda_codec
drm_kms_helper 24245 1 i915
snd_pcm 60311 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
drm 147653 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
uhci_hcd 19344 0
snd_timer 15542 1 snd_pcm
ehci_hcd 34847 0
rt2860sta 479236 1
intel_agp 8664 1 i915
psmouse 55927 0
snd 43527 8 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
usbcore 119004 5 btusb,uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
i2c_algo_bit 4431 1 i915
iTCO_wdt 10333 0
i2c_i801 7039 0
serio_raw 3430 0
pcspkr 1415 0
sg 21022 0
i2c_core 16665 6 videodev,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
evdev 7310 15
intel_gtt 11417 3 i915,intel_agp
crc_ccitt 1103 1 rt2860sta
iTCO_vendor_support 1553 1 iTCO_wdt
soundcore 5018 1 snd
battery 8905 0
processor 21884 0
eeepc_laptop 12452 0
atl1e 24804 0
button 3654 1 i915
sparse_keymap 2636 1 eeepc_laptop
thermal 6603 0
ac 2545 0
video 9852 1 i915
snd_page_alloc 5909 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
pci_hotplug 21978 1 eeepc_laptop
agpgart 22160 3 drm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
rfkill 12510 2 bluetooth,eeepc_laptop
ext4 334626 3
mbcache 4321 1 ext4
jbd2 59098 1 ext4
crc16 1077 2 bluetooth,ext4
sd_mod 25515 5
ata_piix 18569 3
pata_acpi 2396 0
libata 154349 2 ata_piix,pata_acpi
scsi_mod 110670 3 sg,sd_mod,libata
I hope this all means more to you than it does to me!!!!