[Bug 858122] Re: incomplete migration to /run (shutdown script order has been demolished)

[Kevin Jackson]

This error produces the "Waiting for network configuration" error message.
The fix is to symlink /var/run to /run and /var/lock to /run/lock

http://uksysadmin.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/upgrade-to-ubuntu-11-10
-problem-waiting-for-network-configuration-then-black-screen-solution/

I've had a massive influx of traffic to this post suggesting this is a
affecting many people on real and virtual hardware.  It downed my
machine immediately after the first reboot of my upgraded 11.10 laptop.

Note it doesn't affect clean installs suggesting a conflict of trying to
point /var/run (directory) and /var/lock (directory) to /run and
/run/lock on tmpfs as symlinks (possibly unable to remove the
directories on a running system?)

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Title:
  incomplete migration to /run (shutdown script order has been
  demolished)

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “sysvinit” source package in Oneiric:
  Triaged
Status in “sysvinit” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I had the exact same issue documented as
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/807306
  on upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10. Opening new bug as req.

  Removing the existing /var/run and /var/run/lock and replacing with
  sym links as per comment 76 there fixed it.

  The impact of this was a total lack of system (wireless) networking
  coming up - this gives a >! minute pause during boot, as well as a
  subsequent total failure to be able to log into X (KDE or GNOME
  sessions give a cryptic error related to DBUS).

  I've just run an apt-get update/upgrade after *finally* getting back
  into my new 11.10 beta 2 system, and no updates to the mountall show
  up... therefore I assume this bug is still present.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Sep 24 10:49:58 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: sysvinit
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-23 (0 days ago)

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