Public bug reported: The problem was due to my swap being encrypted. So the local-premount script in initramfs was waiting for a swap device that was not available, until it timed out. The relevant message was gave up waiting for suspend/resume device.
To disable this (as resuming from swap is not possible with an encrypted swap, and I don't use hibernation anyway), I modified this file: /etc /initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume. In this file, a line with RESUME=none (instead of the UUID that was here) will disable waiting for a resume device. Run sudo update-initramfs -u to apply the changes. Please, fix it already. Duplicate of Bug #1768230 on Ubuntu 18.10 ** Affects: pkgbinarymangler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1781746 Title: Slow startup with encrypted swap To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pkgbinarymangler/+bug/1781746/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs