Systemd boot - Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked [Solved]

[Catalin-]

Hello MX community!

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System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-14-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-14-amd64 
  root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: MX-21.1_KDE_x64 Wildflower April 9  2022 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B365M H v: x.x 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F3 
  date: 09/05/2019 
CPU:
  Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-9400F bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) 
  stepping: A (10) microcode: EC cache: L2: 9 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 34798 
  Speed: 1819 MHz min/max: 800/4100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1819 2: 1742 3: 1933 4: 1947 5: 1448 6: 1838 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache 
  flushes, SMT disabled 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass 
  disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and 
  __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: Gigabyte 
  driver: nvidia v: 510.47.03 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f82 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa 
  alternate: nv display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 91 
  s-size: 535x301mm (21.1x11.9") s-diag: 614mm (24.2") 
  Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 90 
  size: 544x303mm (21.4x11.9") diag: 623mm (24.5") 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2 
  v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 510.47.03 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-14-amd64 running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 
  bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci 
  v: 3.0 port: f020 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086.2822 rev: 
  class-ID: 0104 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.18 TiB used: 143.88 GiB (11.9%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston 
  model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB block-size: 
  physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD 
  serial: <filter> rev: B1D2 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital 
  model: WD10EZEX-60WN4A1 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: 
  physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD 
  rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 1A03 scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Kingston 
  model: DataTraveler 3.0 size: 57.73 GiB block-size: 
  physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> 
  rev: 0000 scheme: MBR 
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported 
  enclosure? 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 70.11 GiB size: 68.45 GiB (97.64%) 
  used: 10.18 GiB (14.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 150 GiB size: 146.59 GiB (97.72%) 
  used: 100.64 GiB (68.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
  cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 20 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) 
  priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C mobo: 16.8 C gpu: nvidia 
  temp: 47 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Repos:
  Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2506 lib: 1396 flatpak: 0 
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  3: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye non-free contrib main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list 
  1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_11/ ./
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
  1: deb https://mirrors.netix.net/mx/MX-Packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
  2: deb https://mirrors.netix.net/mx/MX-Packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onlyoffice.list 
  1: deb https://download.onlyoffice.com/repo/debian/ squeeze main
Info:
  Processes: 295 Uptime: 48m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.58 GiB 
  used: 4.09 GiB (26.3%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 
  default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 
  running-in: quick-system-info-mx inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

I have an issue with booting Systemd - when it's loading before showing me the login option it stops and then it tell me cannot open access to console, the root account is locked https://i.imgur.com/YF0zJND.jpg
What I did is to use live mode via chroot to reinstall grub. But that didn't work. I haven't done anything to my system.. I don't know what it's doing it like this but I would like to be able to also use systemd too. At the moment I am using the standard init.
I am still rather new to Linux, so I would appreciate some baby steps. Thanks!

[Huckleberry Finn]

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 02#p663302

Also (though this may/may not be related) change sata mode to Ahci (from Raid) in Bios settings.

(If you have Windows, too: Before Bios, open Regedit and make 2 simple changes there to not make Windows unbootable.)

[Catalin-]

Sata option was set to intel but not it's AHCI and I reinstalled systemd.

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 02#p663302

Also (though this may/may not be related) change sata mode to Ahci (from Raid) in Bios settings.

I followed these steps but it's still not working, same error. I don't have dual boot, only MX.

[dolphin_oracle]

any custom boot options?

its not a grub error, its well after grub hands off to the system, but it could be a boot option with a format problem.

[Catalin-]

any custom boot options?

I haven't modified Grub in /etc/default. I only used Grub Customizer to select mx_logo_ribbon theme and I also added a couple of days ago this flock -n /tmp/google_drv_sync.lock /usr/bin/rclone copy --transfers 20 --retries 5 "/mnt/HDD/HDD2/Datele mele/Catalin" "GoogleDrive:Backup Linux/Catalin" to Job Scheduler for Rclone sync to my GDrive at an hourly rate.

[dolphin_oracle]

Probably should post your /boot/grub/grub.cfg file.

[Catalin-]

This is my grub info

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# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT="1>0"
GRUB_TIMEOUT=3
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(unset PRETTY_NAME; (. /etc/lsb-release; echo ${PRETTY_NAME:?}) 2>/dev/null || echo Debian)"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL="console"

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE="1024x768"

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID="true"

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER="false"
#export GRUB_MENU_PICTURE="/usr/share/backgrounds/MXLinux/grub/linen-gradientblu-grub.png"
#export GRUB_MENU_PICTURE="/usr/share/backgrounds/MX18ALPHAWALL.png"

GRUB_THEME="/boot/grub/themes/mx_logo_ribbon/theme.txt"

and grub.cfg file

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#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
   set default="${next_entry}"
   set next_entry=
   save_env next_entry
   set boot_once=true
else
   set default="1>0"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}
function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=1024x768
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=en_US
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
fi
insmod gfxmenu
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub/themes/mx_logo_ribbon/DejaVuSans-Bold14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub/themes/mx_logo_ribbon/DejaVuSans10.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub/themes/mx_logo_ribbon/DejaVuSans12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub/themes/mx_logo_ribbon/ascii.pf2
insmod png
set theme=($root)/boot/grub/themes/mx_logo_ribbon/theme.txt
export theme
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
  set timeout=30
else
  if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
    set timeout_style=menu
    set timeout=3
  # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
  # unavailable.
  else
    set timeout=3
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
	set gfxpayload="${1}"
}
set linux_gfx_mode=
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'MX 21.1 Wildflower' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec' {
	load_video
	insmod gzio
	if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,gpt2'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
	fi
	echo	'Loading Linux 5.10.0-14-amd64 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-14-amd64 root=UUID=7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec ro  quiet splash
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-14-amd64
}
submenu 'Advanced options for MX 21.1 Wildflower' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec' {
	menuentry 'MX 21.1 Wildflower, with Linux 5.10.0-14-amd64' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-14-amd64-advanced-7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 5.10.0-14-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-14-amd64 root=UUID=7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec ro  quiet splash
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-14-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'MX 21.1 Wildflower, with Linux 5.10.0-14-amd64 (systemd)' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-14-amd64-init-systemd-7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 5.10.0-14-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-14-amd64 root=UUID=7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec ro  quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-14-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'MX 21.1 Wildflower, with Linux 5.10.0-13-amd64' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-13-amd64-advanced-7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 5.10.0-13-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-13-amd64 root=UUID=7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec ro  quiet splash
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-13-amd64
	}
	menuentry 'MX 21.1 Wildflower, with Linux 5.10.0-13-amd64 (systemd)' --class mx --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.10.0-13-amd64-init-systemd-7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_gpt
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,gpt2'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 5.10.0-13-amd64 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-13-amd64 root=UUID=7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec ro  quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-13-amd64
	}
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
if [ "${grub_platform}" == "efi" ]; then
   if [ "${grub_cpu}" == "x86_64" ]; then
true
menuentry "Memory Test (64-bit UEFI)" {
	insmod part_gpt
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,gpt2'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2  7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7b80403e-f1bb-40a2-bfb7-ca024d1884ec
	fi
	chainloader	/boot/uefi-mt/mtest-64.efi
}
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
menuentry 'System setup' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
	fwsetup
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

[Huckleberry Finn]

Yes, but : /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Edit: Ok now :)

[dolphin_oracle]

well I don't think its a boot option, nothing is jumping out at me.

you could set up a root account while under sysVinit and then see if that helps anything.

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sudo passwd root

[dolphin_oracle]

its probably worth checking the journal, as the boot message indicates. I think the ACPI messages might be a red-herring.

dumb question, if you remove the job scheduler, (which uses cron) does the the boot improve?