Re: Delay at boot - network

[Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

> When you get this delay, what's in the scrolling messages in the last
> few lines
> before the delay itself?
The last message is:
started konsole fonts and....

Then:
(1 of 1) A start job is running for LSB: Raise network interfaces. (1min 30s / 
5min 30s)
> 
> Are they (on your various machines) always the same sorts of lines?
Yes, different times are shown, but in the same manner.

I googled a bit, and it might be related to systemd. Other people got the same 
problem, with different delay times (up to 15 minutes). That happened mostly 
after an upgrade.

Note: I am using /etc/network/interfaces and network-manager is not installed.
As others mentioned, I commented "allow hotplug" line out, with no success.

This behaviour seem to be a well known problem, buit it looks like there is no 
general solution. 

I have erverything static! Here is my complete /etc/network/interfaces:


--------------------------------------------snip -----------------------------
auto lo wlan0 eth0 usb0

iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.2.12
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.2.255
        gateway 192.168.2.1


#### Accesspoint #########

# iface eth1 inet static
#       wireless_mode Master
#       wireless_essid any
#       wireless_keymode open
#       wireless_channel 3
#       address 192.168.5.1
#       netmask 255.255.255.0
#       broadcast 192.168.5.255
#       gateway 192.168.5.1


#### at home ######

iface wlan0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.102
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.1.255
        gateway 192.168.1.1
        wpa-driver wext
        wpa-scan-ap 1
        wpa-key-mgt WPA-PSK
        wpa-ssid anonymized
        wpa-psk anonymized
        dns-nameservers 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220

# iface wlan0 inet static
#       address 192.168.1.102
#       netmask 255.255.255.0
#       broadcast 192.168.1.255
#       gateway 192.168.1.2
#       wireless_mode managed
#       wireless_essid stargazer
#       wireless_key 3A1B3C3EF9
#       wireless_keymode open
#       dns-nameservers 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220

#### Experimental

# iface wlan1 inet static
#       address 10.5.5.1
#       netmask 255.255.255.0
#       network 10.5.0.0
#       broadcast 10.5.5.255
#       gateway 192.168.1.1

# iface wlan1 inet dhcp
#       wireless_mode ad-hoc
#       wireless_keymode open
#       wireless_key off
#       wireless_ap 10.2.46.1


#### on the road ######

# iface wlan0 inet dhcp
#       wireless_mode managed
#       wireless_essid any
#       wireless_key off
#       wireless_ap auto
#       wireless_keymode open

# iface wlan0 inet static
#       address 192.168.1.30
#       netmask 255.255.255.0
#       broadcast 192.168.1.255
#       gateway 192.168.1.1
#       wireless_mode managed
#       wireless_essid any
#       wireless_key off
#       wireless_ap auto
#       wireless_keymode open


#### mit WPA  ######

# iface wlan0 inet dhcp
#     pre-up /sbin/wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

# Work network configuration

# iface eth0 inet static
#       address 192.168.1.102
#       netmask 255.255.255.0
#       broadcast 192.168.1.255
#       gateway 192.168.1.1

mapping hotplug
script grep
map usb0

iface usb0 inet static
    address 192.168.129.1
    network 192.168.129.0
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    broadcast 192.168.129.255

------------------------------ snap ------------------------------

Most entries are commented out. And as you see, everything is static, NO dhcp.
This configuration is now unchanged for many years. 

Looks for me like a timeout problem somewhere. 

Hope this helps.

Best

Hans