[Bug 916890] Re: "Waiting for network configuration" on every boot

[meiradarocha]

I have a firewire netowork cable whit fixed IP in /etc/network/interfaces, and have the same problem.
I do a workaround with this tip (comment the sleeps lines):

http://askubuntu.com/questions/185515/disable-network-configuration-
services-during-boot-time

A better ideea than disabling the service is to remove the sleep time.
To do this, open /etc/init/failsafe.conf with your favourite editor, and
around line 25 you should see the following lines of code:

# Plymouth errors should not stop the script because we *must* reach
# the end of this script to avoid letting the system spin forever
# waiting on it to start.
$PLYMOUTH message –text=”Waiting for network configuration…” || :
sleep 40
$PLYMOUTH message –text=”Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration…” || :
sleep 59
$PLYMOUTH message –text=”Booting system without full network configuration…” || :

To solve your problem, just comment the sleep times (add '#' in front of
the text). It should look like this:

# Plymouth errors should not stop the script because we *must* reach
# the end of this script to avoid letting the system spin forever
# waiting on it to start.
$PLYMOUTH message –text=”Waiting for network configuration…” || :
#sleep 40
$PLYMOUTH message –text=”Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration…” || :
#sleep 59
$PLYMOUTH message –text=”Booting system without full network configuration…” || :

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Title:
  "Waiting for network configuration" on every boot

Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Upgrade from 0.7~alpha5.1ubuntu6 to 0.7~beta2ubuntu1 brought this on:
  on every boot the "Waiting for network configuration" and "Waiting up
  to 60 seconds more for network" messages appear and boot is thus about
  2 minutes slower than before. It also says it's booting without
  network, but the network is in fact there after I log in.

  Downgrading back to 0.7~alpha5.1ubuntu6 makes the wait go away again.

  Reproduced this on three different computers on two different
  networks, both wired and wireless.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ifupdown 0.7~beta2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.15-generic 3.2.0
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Jan 15 21:10:34 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: ifupdown
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-09 (37 days ago)

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