nordvpnd.service causes slow boot times
haasn opened this issue · 7 comments
In the nordvpnd.service file, you define both:
[Unit]
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
This causes a transitive dependency of default.target (usually graphical.target) on network-online.target, meaning that the entire boot process will now wait until a network connection has been established before allowing users to log in.. I think this presents an unnecessary source of slowdown, typically 30s longer boot times on my end (laptop establishing wifi connection), and I think the situation needs to somehow be re-evaluated.
It seems this issue can be mitigated by changing it to After=network-online.target graphical.target. But I'm not 100% sure, I will have to test it on next reboot.
It seems this issue can be mitigated by changing it to
After=network-online.target graphical.target. But I'm not 100% sure, I will have to test it on next reboot.
I can confirm that this override fixes my slow boot issue. (Though maybe it should be After=default.target rather than graphical.target)
Trying this workaround, but also posting to note that nordvpnd draws extensive CPU percentage. This may be an artifact of the posted problem, but it happens throughout usage of the machine. Also related - though I will confirm - may be the inability of my laptop to reconnect to internet after suspend.
It seems this issue can be mitigated by changing it to
After=network-online.target graphical.target. But I'm not 100% sure, I will have to test it on next reboot.
Can you clarify what the "it" is in the above comment? Is it the text after [Install] or after [Unit]? OR just post the updated file?
It seems this issue can be mitigated by changing it to
After=network-online.target graphical.target. But I'm not 100% sure, I will have to test it on next reboot.Can you clarify what the "it" is in the above comment? Is it the text after
[Install]or after[Unit]? OR just post the updated file?
"After=" only goes into the "[Unit]" section, afaict. I can post a patch tomorrow if you want, right now I just have a local override in my /etc/systemd:
[Unit]
After=graphical.target network-online.target
Hello. I have a few questions:
- Could you provide more details why does wifi connection being established takes so long for you? Also what Linux distribution are you using? It would help us to reproduce the issue on our side.
- Could you try removing the whole
[Install]section with theWantedBystatement while keeping everything else unchanged and see if that also helps? We are considering not including this section by default with the next release. - Regarding the CPU usage comment - we are aware of such problem and are also working to fix it.
@haasn @TheRoarkster Could you please provide answers for questions in my last message? We'd like to fix this issue but we need more information.