It's not the kernel!

Mon Feb 11 13:27:04 UTC 2008

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:11:44 +0100, drago01 wrote:

> Can you try to install a F8 kernel to see if its any better?

It's the same with 2.6.23.14-115.fc8! It installed without any problems,
but insisted on starting eth1 and not just the enabled eth0.

Feb 10th's rawhide boot-time:

   1:53 till gdm screen
   2:53 till being logged in

So, while in F9 Alpha with F8's kernel, I disabled rhgb and a few more
services. Boot-time is down to 1:26, which is still too slow. It takes
2:04 to arrive at the GNOME desktop. Responsiveness is poor as before,
so the next guess would be that Xorg is involved (radeon driver).