Re: boot hangs at network interfaces
On Wed 04 May 2016 at 07:18:31 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote:
> On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 04:37:19AM +0000, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> > On Wed, May 4, 2016, 1:09 AM Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I do have an old laptop. I installed a minimal system without any network
> > > manager.
> > > Now if there is no network cable plugged in during boot time systemd hangs
> > > forever at the network interface part.
> > >
> > >
> > Sorry to ask a potentially dumb question, but does that imply that if the
> > network cable IS connected, it boots OK?
> >
> > Mark
>
> exactly that.
> This is not my only machine with debian on it. It is my only laptop
> without a network manager. It is totally weird.
> I think it has to do with dhcp and that there is no timeout set. So it
> waits forever to pick up an Ip address (which of course doesn't work
> without a cable).
We may have different ideas of what is meant by "minimal install". All
mine boot without a network cable attached. Would your machine being a
laptop really be relevant to the issue?
Any onscreen messages when the the hang happens?
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