initrd slowing down boot

Hi everyone, I installed Bazzite a couple of weeks ago on a brand new desktop computer (I have a dualboot with Windows installed on another disk, but Bazzite is my primary boot OS). I noticed about a week ago that it was suddenly being fairly slow to boot (more than 1 minute whereas it took barely 20 seconds before). I ran the analyze time command (you'll see the results in the first picture) . I ran the analyze blame command as well and was able to locate where the boot takes too much time (you'll see the results in the second picture). Has anyone had this issue ? I saw on a forum that someone updated their BIOS and it fixed the issue, but I just did it and it doesn't seem to have fixed anything. Here is the log to the last journalctl for dracut : Aug 25 19:13:09 bazzite systemd[1]: Starting dracut-initqueue.service - dracut initqueue hook... Aug 25 19:14:14 bazzite systemd[1]: Finished dracut-initqueue.service - dracut initqueue hook. Aug 25 19:14:14 bazzite systemd[1]: dracut-initqueue.service: Deactivated successfully. Aug 25 19:14:14 bazzite systemd[1]: Stopped dracut-initqueue.service - dracut initqueue hook. I updated Bazzite but only after this issue started, as I thought the update might solve my issue. The only thing I noticed which occurred at the same time as my current issue, is my bluetooth receiver (integrated to my motherboard) stopped working. It had been acting weird with one of my devices as it would connect/disconnect/reconnect/redisconnect several times per second. The device is now connected through 2.4 and works fine, but according to the system, my computer doesn't have a Bluetooth receiver anymore (at least not on Bazzite). As for some other info : 1. I'm currently using Bazzite 42 Desktop Edition; KDE Plasma Edition 6.4.4, KDE Frameworks Version 6.17.0, Qt Version: 6.9.1; Kernel version: 6.15.9-106.bazzite.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit) 2. The loading time stays the same on both the rurrent and the rollback version 3. There are 2 disks, both NVMe, one used by Windows and one used by Bazzite. They are both 2TB. 4. The Windows OS is not encrypted (I made sure to disable bitdefender), not sure about Bazzite although I haven't encrypted anything manually 5. Fastboot is enabled
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皇家海星
皇家海星6d ago
disable fast boot in your uefi and disable csm if not already
Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
Thanks :) i'll disable fast boot right away, but what is csm exactly ? is that something in my bios as well or can i do that via the bazzite terminal ?
皇家海星
皇家海星6d ago
compatibility support mode
Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
Just found it, it was already disabled
皇家海星
皇家海星6d ago
good
Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
Still just as slow unfortunately
Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
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皇家海星
皇家海星6d ago
hmm ujust get-logs send the link here and see what is hanging
皇家海星
皇家海星6d ago
hmm try unplugging all usb devices except mouse and keyboard
Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
sorry i should've mentioned it earlier - i already did that yesterday but got the same results (in fact the results i showed on my initial post was right after unplugging everything)
皇家海星
皇家海星6d ago
ah i see if it is stuck loading the boot screen, can you press esc once and see what is hanging?
Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
will do right away brb
皇家海星
皇家海星6d ago
it looks to be usb related(?)
Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
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Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
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Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
After getting stuck there it just runs smoothly Now I just need to identify which usb device / usb port might cause the issue I guess ?
皇家海星
皇家海星6d ago
hopefully it might also be a bug from fedora you can use brh to rebase to images about a week ago to see if that would fix it
皇家海星
皇家海星6d ago
Rebase Guide - Bazzite Documentation
Bazzite is a custom image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices.
Jalapeño
JalapeñoOP6d ago
thanks ! I'll try that :) (and keep you posted)
jamesking
jamesking3d ago
any updates on this?

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