Hi, I’m a new Linux user, Fedora KDE Plasma 43 is my first distro. Installed it a few days ago and have been trying to get it to work since. Please help :((
The OS takes ages to start up (for comparison Windows on the same device takes half the time to start up if not less):
glitterincats@fedora:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 7.186s (firmware) + 8.327s (loader) + 1.180s (kernel) + 4.983s (initrd) + 1min 28.972s (userspace) = 1min 50.650s
graphical.target reached after 1min 28.971s in userspace.
glitterincats@fedora:~$ systemd-analyze blame
44.709s initial-setup.service
22.630s dev-sdb3.device
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2did-wwn\x2d0x5000c500bed95c20\x2dpart3.device
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5.0\x2dpart3.device
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2did-ata\x2dST1000LM035\x2d1RK172_WL1PVG1P\x2dpart3.device
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-9047e71c\x2d1ede\x2d445e\x2d901d\x2dd9088ee1735a.device
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5.0\x2dpart-by\x2duuid-9047e71c\x2d1ede\x2d445e\x2d901d\x2d>
22.630s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:17.0-ata5-host4-target4:0:0-4:0:0:0-block-sdb-sdb3.device
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5.0\x2dpart-by\x2dpartnum-3.device
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5\x2dpart3.device
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-2\x2dpart3.device
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5.0\x2dpart-by\x2dpartuuid-2b0664b8\x2dd012\x2d4500\x2daf52>
22.630s dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-2b0664b8\x2dd012\x2d4500\x2daf52\x2d052fcafe6738.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2did-ata\x2dST1000LM035\x2d1RK172_WL1PVG1P\x2dpart1.device
22.256s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:17.0-ata5-host4-target4:0:0-4:0:0:0-block-sdb-sdb1.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-DATA.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-3264bfc0\x2d36b6\x2d4557\x2d9a57\x2daacc45c0bf6e.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5.0\x2dpart-by\x2dlabel-DATA.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-A038F54B38F520C8.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5.0\x2dpart-by\x2dpartuuid-3264bfc0\x2d36b6\x2d4557\x2d9a57>
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5.0\x2dpart-by\x2dpartnum-1.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5\x2dpart1.device
22.256s dev-sdb1.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5.0\x2dpart-by\x2duuid-A038F54B38F520C8.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-2\x2dpart1.device
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:17.0\x2data\x2d5.0\x2dpart-by\x2dpartlabel-Basic\x5cx20data\x5cx20partitio>
22.256s dev-disk-by\x2did-wwn\x2d0x5000c500bed95c20\x2dpart1.device
The system is very slow the first ~10 minutes of it working (cursor lagging, apps taking a minute to open), but then everything is fine. I tried the basic things you should when setting up Fedora + installing Nvidia drivers according to the guide on their website. I tried searching for a different solution, but didn’t find anyone with similar problems.
This is my system info:
System:
Kernel: 6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 15.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd1,gpt3)/boot/vmlinuz-6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64
root=UUID=9047e71c-1ede-445e-901d-d9088ee1735a ro rhgb quiet
rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau,nova_core
modprobe.blacklist=nouveau,nova_core
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.24.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop
Edition)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Notebook v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 84F8 v: 08.11 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 5MK42EA#AKD uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: AMI
v: F.34 date: 12/02/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 52.5 Wh (100%) condition: 52.5/52.5 Wh (100%)
volts: 12.74 min: 11.55 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: N/A charging:
status: full cycles: N/A
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse B330/M330/M331
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.42 GiB used: 4.85 GiB (31.4%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Bottom - Slot 1 (top) type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: spec: 2667 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1
max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: SK Hynix
part-no: HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK serial: <filter>
Device-2: Bottom - Slot 2 (under) type: DDR4 detail: synchronous
size: 8 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Geil
part-no: GR2400S464L17S/8G serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-8300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xFA
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/4000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 900 7: 900
8: 900 bogomips: 36799
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb erms est f16c flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp
hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm
lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx
pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36
pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2
sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves
xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile]
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nvidia v: 580.126.18
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as
of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-2
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8c class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Chicony HP Wide Vision HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b56d
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: kwin_wayland
driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15e3 built: 2015 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
x: 0.553 y: 0.322 green: x: 0.325 y: 0.584 blue: x: 0.161 y: 0.133 white:
x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 2
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.6 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:3e9b memory: 15.06 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 25.3.6
device-ID: 8086:3e9b surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti driver: nvidia v: 580.126.18
device-ID: 10de:1c8c surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 21.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.3.6 (LLVM 21.1.8)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw88_8822be v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b822
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager,wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 0bda:b00b
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: 6060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.13 TiB used: 13.42 GiB (1.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0
size: 223.58 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0000 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: RSM7 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 124.07 GiB size: 121.56 GiB (97.98%)
used: 13.4 GiB (11.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A
uuid: 9047e71c-1ede-445e-901d-d9088ee1735a
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 954 MiB size: 952.1 MiB (99.80%)
used: 19.3 MiB (2.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
uuid: 4C6C-1A4F
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: lzo-rle avail: lzo,lz4,lz4hc,zstd,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 350 MiB fs: vfat label: SYSTEM
uuid: A0EB-456A
ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 222.45 GiB fs: ntfs label: Windows
uuid: 8C78F0DA78F0C44C
ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 673 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 6682058982055F45
ID-5: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 806.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: DATA
uuid: A038F54B38F520C8
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: 2641 libs: 559 tools: dnf,yum pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active dnf repos in: /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/_copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:kwizart:fedy.repo
1: copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:kwizart:fedy ~ https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/kwizart/fedy/fedora-$releasever-$basearch/
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/_copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm.repo
1: copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm ~ https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/phracek/PyCharm/fedora-$releasever-$basearch/
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-cisco-openh264.repo
1: fedora-cisco-openh264 ~ https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-cisco-openh264-$releasever&arch=$basearch
No active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
1: updates ~ https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
1: fedora ~ https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
1: google-chrome ~ https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
No active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-free-updates-testing.repo
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-free-updates.repo
1: rpmfusion-free-updates ~ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/metalink?repo=free-fedora-updates-released-$releasever&arch=$basearch
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-free.repo
1: rpmfusion-free ~ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/metalink?repo=free-fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver.repo
1: rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver ~ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/metalink?repo=nonfree-fedora-nvidia-driver-$releasever&arch=$basearch
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree-steam.repo
1: rpmfusion-nonfree-steam ~ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/metalink?repo=nonfree-fedora-steam-$releasever&arch=$basearch
No active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing.repo
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.repo
1: rpmfusion-nonfree-updates ~ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/metalink?repo=nonfree-fedora-updates-released-$releasever&arch=$basearch
Active yum repos in: /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmfusion-nonfree.repo
1: rpmfusion-nonfree ~ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/metalink?repo=nonfree-fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 319
1: cpu: 20.6% command: firefox pid: 3293 mem: 632.9 MiB (4.0%)
2: cpu: 11.6% command: firefox pid: 4611 mem: 355.2 MiB (2.2%)
3: cpu: 8.5% command: kwin_wayland pid: 2144 mem: 222.4 MiB (1.4%)
4: cpu: 3.0% command: firefox pid: 5606 mem: 301.6 MiB (1.9%)
5: cpu: 3.0% command: firefox pid: 6562 mem: 195.4 MiB (1.2%)
Memory top: 5 of 319
1: mem: 632.9 MiB (4.0%) command: firefox pid: 3293 cpu: 20.6%
2: mem: 408.9 MiB (2.5%) command: packagekitd pid: 6090 cpu: 2.5%
3: mem: 395.5 MiB (2.5%) command: firefox pid: 3672 cpu: 0.2%
4: mem: 382.2 MiB (2.4%) command: plasmashell pid: 2319 cpu: 1.1%
5: mem: 355.2 MiB (2.2%) command: firefox pid: 4611 cpu: 11.6%
Info:
Processes: 319 Power: uptime: 28m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.09 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
thermald, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.0 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.40
Is there anything I can do? I know it’s “only” two minutes, but I know my laptop is capable of starting up faster. I hope the info I provided is enough…