Re: "Configuring network interface" slow
On 2009-01-05 11:14 +0100, Tristan Terpelle wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:06:19 +0800, Deephay <tudoxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> I found the "Configuring network interface" step in the boot
>> sequence takes quite some time recently, does anyone have the same
>> problem or any advice? Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Deephay
>>
>
> I've had the same problem on Ubuntu 8.10. When my laptop didn't have a LAN
> connection, it would easily take 30 seconds to get past the network config.
>
>
> I checked /etc/network/interfaces and removed the lines
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> because I have WICD manage my network connections.
>
> So I figure the cause of the delay is the DHCP client not getting a
> response and waiting for the timeout period.
I don't think this is the problem. Rather, changed udev rules are
responsible for that, you can see a report on
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/192845.
Short summary: moving /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules out of
the way and rebooting should fix it.
Sven
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