Strange animation on boot

Hi guys,
I use LightDM as my Login Manager with Cinnamon.
I have this strange issue where just before LightDM loads i get a grey background with a spinning wheel?
I have a video of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQNERl-sOl0
It only lasts for a couple of seconds but id like to know what the hell it is!
I can't find anything responsible for it.
Here is a list of everything that is enabled on boot -
NIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active running Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:03.0-net-enp0s3.device loaded active plugged 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter)
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:05.0-sound-card0.device loaded active plugged 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda-sda1.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK Grub
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda-sda2.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK Root
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda-sda3.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK Home
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:0d.0-ata3-host2-target2:0:0-2:0:0:0-block-sda.device loaded active plugged VBOX_HARDDISK
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS0
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-tty-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3
sys-module-configfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs
sys-module-fuse.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/fuse
sys-subsystem-net-devices-enp0s3.device loaded active plugged 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter)
-.mount loaded active mounted /
dev-hugepages.mount loaded active mounted Huge Pages File System
dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System
home.mount loaded active mounted /home
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount loaded active mounted Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System
run-user-1000-gvfs.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/1000/gvfs
run-user-1000.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/1000
run-user-620.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/620
sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount loaded active mounted FUSE Control File System
sys-kernel-config.mount loaded active mounted Configuration File System
sys-kernel-debug.mount loaded active mounted Debug File System
tmp.mount loaded active mounted Temporary Directory
systemd-ask-password-plymouth.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Plymouth Directory Watch
systemd-ask-password-wall.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch
session-c1.scope loaded active abandoned Session c1 of user lightdm
session-c2.scope loaded active running Session c2 of user stephen
accounts-daemon.service loaded active running Accounts Service
colord.service loaded active running Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles
dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
[email protected] loaded active running dhcpcd on enp0s3
kmod-static-nodes.service loaded active exited Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel
lightdm.service loaded active running Light Display Manager
NetworkManager.service loaded active running Network Manager
polkit.service loaded active running Authorization Manager
rtkit-daemon.service loaded active running RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service
systemd-binfmt.service loaded active exited Set Up Additional Binary Formats
systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-38033e54\x2dc255\x2d44be\x2da741\x2dfb1b3e877973.service loaded active exited File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/38033e54-c255-44be-a741-fb1b3e877973
systemd-journal-flush.service loaded active exited Flush Journal to Persistent Storage
systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service
systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service
systemd-random-seed.service loaded active exited Load/Save Random Seed
systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables
systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service loaded active exited Create Static Device Nodes in /dev
systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded active exited Create Volatile Files and Directories
systemd-udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices
systemd-udevd.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager
systemd-update-utmp.service loaded active exited Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown
systemd-user-sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions
systemd-vconsole-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console
udisks2.service loaded active running Disk Manager
upower.service loaded active running Daemon for power management
[email protected] loaded active running User Manager for UID 1000
[email protected] loaded active running User Manager for UID 620
vboxservice.service loaded active running VirtualBox Guest Service
-.slice loaded active active Root Slice
system-dhcpcd.slice loaded active active system-dhcpcd.slice
system-getty.slice loaded active active system-getty.slice
system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice loaded active active system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice
system.slice loaded active active System Slice
user-1000.slice loaded active active user-1000.slice
user-620.slice loaded active active user-620.slice
user.slice loaded active active User and Session Slice
dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
dm-event.socket loaded active listening Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs
lvm2-lvmetad.socket loaded active listening LVM2 metadata daemon socket
systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe
systemd-journald-dev-log.socket loaded active running Journal Socket (/dev/log)
systemd-journald.socket loaded active running Journal Socket
systemd-shutdownd.socket loaded active listening Delayed Shutdown Socket
systemd-udevd-control.socket loaded active running udev Control Socket
systemd-udevd-kernel.socket loaded active running udev Kernel Socket
basic.target loaded active active Basic System
cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes
getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts
graphical.target loaded active active Graphical Interface
local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre)
local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems
multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User System
network.target loaded active active Network
nss-user-lookup.target loaded active active User and Group Name Lookups
paths.target loaded active active Paths
remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems
slices.target loaded active active Slices
sockets.target loaded active active Sockets
sound.target loaded active active Sound Card
swap.target loaded active active Swap
sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization
timers.target loaded active active Timers
logrotate.timer loaded active waiting Daily rotation of log files
man-db.timer loaded active waiting Daily man-db cache update
shadow.timer loaded active waiting Daily verification of password and group files
systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer loaded active waiting Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories
updatedb.timer loaded active waiting Daily locate database update
Apologies if I've missed anything out!
Any input is appreciated
Last edited by Stevearch (2015-05-01 20:43:35)

Alad wrote:I use VBox (Arch guest, Win 8 host) and see no such wheel thing. Did you try starting cinnamon manually? (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc)
Thanks for getting back to me
Disabling LighDM and running via xinitrc get's rid of it.
Although for some reason using xinitrc Cinnamon will only load into software rendering mode?
So this must be something caused by LightDM?

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Jul 10 13:35:58 archlinux polkitd[2280]: started daemon version 0.96 using authority implementation `local' version `0.96'
Jul 10 13:43:28 archlinux init: Switching to runlevel: 0
Jul 10 13:43:29 archlinux console-kit-daemon[2022]: WARNING: no sender
I had windows vista and windows 7 in dual boot with Mandriva linux for a year without any problem and right now I have absolutely no idea what's going on.
EDIT:
Tried it again to see if I could get some more information.
Apparently the first time I boot Arch after a windows boot, it doesn't really freeze. I tried to write down some of the output and after a while it continued for a second and stopped again and this went going on and on. It seems like it keeps looping the same output. I waited some more but I had to force shut down because my laptop was going nuts and overheating, it started to smell like burned electronics...
I was able to capture some of the output:
--[end trace 27ebd855... ]---
Call trace
[<ffffffff8117c420>] ? proc_lookup_de+0x20/0x100
[<ffffffff81009ec2>] ? system_call_fastpath
Code ff .. .. .. and a lot more of pairs of letters and numbers
The output at the beginning was to fast to see but the Call trace and Code kept on repeating.
After this I could boot up the Fallback kernel without a problem, kdm worked fine to, then rebooted using the normal kernel image like nothing happened before.
Any help would be appreciated,
Varg
Last edited by Varg (2010-07-11 10:46:57)

Well since it worked fine first it could only be the powernow-k8 module or the CPU scaling modules required by KDE. I'll check it out and report back.
EDIT:
Narrowed it down to the cpufreq_powersave and cpufreq_userspace modules. Powernow-k8, cpufreq_stats and cpufreq_ondemand work fine.
I disabled all the modules and then turned them back on one by one in rc.conf ( booting w7 everytime ). cpufreq_powersave turned on gave the strange output during boot but only a short version but completely ran down X or kdm after boot. With cpufreq_userspace I could boot but KDE froze right after login. Combination of the two modules resulted in being unable to boot.
Loading the modules after boot while running KDE gives no problem and since I'm a laptop user I could use the powersave module. I'll see if I can make KDE load that module automatically after login.
Thanks a lot for the tip !
Last edited by Varg (2010-07-11 10:42:02)

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