In addition to the earlier trace, I've also noticed wicked & xenstored "acting up", delaying boot / login sequence. Booting kernel-xen + Xen on OPensuse Leap, boot sequence stalls at login prompt ... [ OK ] Mounted mount xenstore file system. [ OK ] Listening on xenstore ro socket. [ OK ] Listening on xenstore socket. Starting The Xen xenstore... Welcome to openSUSE Leap 42.1 - Kernel 4.3.0-6.g6b3b033-xen (xvc0). xensvr login: root Password: for ~ 90+ seconds. non responsive. then proceeds login: timed out after 60 seconds Stopping Serial Getty on xvc0... [ OK ] Stopped Serial Getty on xvc0. Starting Serial Getty on xvc0... [ OK ] Started Serial Getty on xvc0. Welcome to openSUSE Leap 42.1 - Kernel 4.3.0-6.g6b3b033-xen (xvc0). and reoffers login xensvr login: root Password: which now completes immediately Last login: Thu Nov 19 14:25:04 on xvc0 Have a lot of fun... $ once logged in, systemd-analyze blame 2min 25.819s wicked.service 55.550s xenstored.service 1.784s lvm2-pvscan@9:1.service 1.367s dev-mapper-VG0\x2dROOT.device 975ms lvm2-pvscan@9:3.service ... So wicked and xenstore are 'culprits'. And, I also see xl list Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s) (null) 0 2988 1 r----- 20.9 Now ... the why? There's too many moving parts :-/ Is this a wicked, xen, or other problem? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org