slow boot for latest fedora kernel 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64

[N James Bridge]

On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 10:19 +1030, Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 20:00 +0000, N James Bridge wrote:
> > Without "quiet" I still get no output at all for 2min 35sec, then
> > normal rush of messages. Bootchart (very nice!) shows that the boot
> > process itself is running normally, once it starts, about 45sec
> > overall. The initial wait isn't shown on the chart. Once running,
> > everything seems to be working. The entries in grub.conf are
> > identical, except for version numbers.
> >  
> > So what causes the wait?
> 
> You haven't provided any details.  *Exactly* what text appears before
> the wait, and after the resumption?

Before: nothing. Just the flashing underline character, in the same
large typeface as the boot menu.

After: flashing underline switches to a smaller size, then a message
from plymouth (exactly the same for both versions of the kernel). 
plymouthd: ply_keyboard.c:450: ply_keyboard_add_input_handler:
'Assertion !=((void*)0)' failed.
After this it continues as expected.
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N James Bridge <james at xmas.demon.co.uk>