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I just sat down through an +11 minute of bootup! my machine is not old or slow (specs below) but the problem seems to be related to the filesystem, I have Ubuntu 20.04 on HDD and Windows 10 on SSD, I always got slow bootups because every time I boot I have to sit through "filesystem checks" but this time it was insane.

My specs:

           .-/+oossssoo+/-.               hasan@hasan-Nitro-AN515-43 
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`           -------------------------- 
      -+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+-         OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS x86_64 
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.       Host: Nitro AN515-43 V1.10 
   /ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/      Kernel: 5.13.0-28-generic 
  +ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+     Uptime: 20 mins 
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/    Packages: 2557 (dpkg), 10 (flatpak), 17 (snap) 
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.   Shell: fish 3.3.1 
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+   Resolution: 1920x1080 
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso   DE: GNOME 
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso   WM: Mutter 
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+   WM Theme: Graphite-dark-nord 
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.   Theme: Graphite-dark-nord [GTK2/3] 
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/    Icons: Win11-dark [GTK2/3] 
  +sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+     Terminal: gnome-terminal 
   /ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/      CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H with Radeon Vega Mobile 
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.       GPU: AMD ATI 05:00.0 Picasso 
      -+sssssssssssssssssyyyssss+-         GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q 
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`           Memory: 3721MiB / 13922MiB 
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.

Results of systemd-analyze blame:

11min 31.505s fstrim.service                                                             >
  3min 2.126s plymouth-quit-wait.service                                                 >
      26.516s fwupd.service                                                              >
      24.551s dev-sda3.device                                                            >
      22.023s snapd.service                                                              >
      17.397s networkd-dispatcher.service                                                >
      15.977s systemd-journal-flush.service                                              >
      15.788s udisks2.service                                                            >
      13.858s plymouth-read-write.service                                                >
      12.843s accounts-daemon.service                                                    >
      11.252s libvirtd.service                                                           >
      10.285s dev-loop22.device                                                          >
      10.160s dev-loop15.device                                                          >
      10.083s dev-loop14.device                                                          >
      10.037s dev-loop24.device                                                          >
      10.012s dev-loop19.device                                                          >
       9.907s dev-loop18.device                                                          >
       9.855s dev-loop23.device                                                          >
       9.682s dev-loop20.device                                                          >
       9.660s dev-loop26.device                                                          >
       9.632s dev-loop9.device                                                           >
       9.565s dev-loop16.device                                                          >
       9.170s dev-loop1.device                                                           >
       9.164s dev-loop4.device                                                           >
       9.163s dev-loop13.device                                                          >
       9.156s dev-loop17.device                                                          >
       9.155s avahi-daemon.service                                                       >
       9.154s bluetooth.service                                                          >
       9.136s NetworkManager.service                                                     >
       8.928s dev-loop25.device                                                          >
       8.820s ModemManager.service                                                       >
       8.586s dev-loop11.device                                                          >
       8.471s polkit.service                                                             >
       8.210s dev-loop5.device                                                           >
       8.059s switcheroo-control.service                                                 >
       8.048s thermald.service                                                           >
       8.047s systemd-logind.service                                                     >
       8.044s systemd-machined.service                                                   >
       8.041s wpa_supplicant.service                                                     >
       7.868s dev-loop2.device                                                           >
       7.758s dev-loop21.device                                                          >
       7.555s dev-loop3.device                                                           >
       7.433s dev-loop10.device                                                          >
       7.290s dev-loop12.device                                                          >
       6.918s dev-loop8.device                                                           >
       6.891s systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service                                             >
       6.462s dev-loop6.device                                                           >
       6.289s dev-loop7.device                                                           >
       5.125s systemd-resolved.service                                                   >
       4.758s gpu-manager.service                                                        >
       4.402s dev-loop0.device                                                           >
       4.363s zebra.service                                                              >
       3.592s apport.service                                                             >
       3.579s snapd.apparmor.service                                                     >
       3.505s rsyslog.service                                                            >
       3.472s tlp.service                                                                >
       3.347s systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service                                             >
       3.334s systemd-udevd.service                                                      >
       2.927s snap-bare-5.mount                                                          >
       2.870s secureboot-db.service                                                      >
       2.713s apparmor.service                                                           >
       2.709s snap-code-85.mount                                                         >
       2.552s snap-code-86.mount                                                         >
       2.544s gdm.service                                                                >
       2.373s snap-core-11993.mount                                                      >
       2.354s user@125.service                                                           >
       2.335s ssh.service                                                                >
       2.276s systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-90BC\x2dAD77.service                      >
       2.252s snap-core-12603.mount                                                      >
       2.190s grub-common.service                                                        >
       2.131s colord.service                                                             >
       2.041s snap-core18-2253.mount                                                     >
       1.983s snap-core18-2284.mount                                                     >
       1.857s upower.service                                                             >
       1.763s e2scrub_reap.service                                                       >
       1.762s lm-sensors.service                                                         >
       1.702s snap-core20-1270.mount                                                     >
       1.680s snap-core20-1328.mount        

My question:

How should I debug this problem?

Hasan Aga
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  • What is the SMART status of your HDD? This question explains how to check it. If your HDD is really old (or if SMART says it's failing), then replacing the HDD might fix it. – cocomac Feb 06 '22 at 21:50
  • Some settings to review: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1284302/is-it-possible-to-make-ubuntu-20-04-boot-faster Not sure I have seen where trim should take a long time. Have ;you manually run fsck? http://askubuntu.com/questions/642504/ubuntu-14-04-is-not-booting-normaly-after-a-manual-hard-boot/642789#642789 & https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilesystemTroubleshooting & have you manually run trim to see if any errors? It should only auto run trim once per week.What does this show? systemctl status fstrim.timer – oldfred Feb 07 '22 at 03:44
  • @cocomac SMART says disk is OK, I am following the other suggestions might I find the cause of the problem – Hasan Aga Feb 07 '22 at 20:05

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