Ubuntu – Monitor your Boot Sequence with Bootchart

Last update on October 16, 2009 11:42 AM by aakai1056
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Ubuntu – Monitor your Boot Sequence with Bootchart




About Bootchart




Bootchart is a tool used to analyse your system performance in linux boot process. It process all the required information accumulated during the boot process (CPU usage and disk usage) which will then display as PNG, SVG, EPS encoded chart.
First of all you will have to Install Bootchart on Ubuntu.

Installation


To active or install Bootchart you will have to open command console
  • Type in this code:

sudo aptitude install bootchart
  • Reboot your PC


When you restart your computer Bootchart will create a graphical illustration in .png format.

Disabling and Enabling Bootchart


To disable Bootchart just use these code: 

cd /etc/init.d
sudo update-rc.d -f stop-bootchart remove
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/stop-bootchart ...
   /etc/rc2.d/S99stop-bootchart
   /etc/rc3.d/S99stop-bootchart
   /etc/rc4.d/S99stop-bootchart
   /etc/rc5.d/S99stop-bootchart


And to re-enable just use these codes: 

cd /etc/init.d
sudo update-rc.d stop-bootchart start 99 2 3 4 5 .
 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/stop-bootchart ...
   /etc/rc2.d/S99stop-bootchart -> ../init.d/stop-bootchart
   /etc/rc3.d/S99stop-bootchart -> ../init.d/stop-bootchart
   /etc/rc4.d/S99stop-bootchart -> ../init.d/stop-bootchart
   /etc/rc5.d/S99stop-bootchart -> ../init.d/stop-bootchart
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