(In reply to Felix Miata from comment #17) > I don't want to force early via including graphics modules in initrd. > > One of the Shaman Penguins on the forum thread provided a workaround I can > use until the real offender can be isolated and possibly dealt with: > > # systemctl cat display-manager.service > ... > # /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service.d/override.conf > [Unit] > After= systemd-udev-settle.service > Requires=systemd-udev-settle.service Your choice of display-manager is TDM. Have you tested other display-managers for this behaviour?