[Bug 881079] Re: FIXED: spurious "Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration" message at startup, but all network devices are up

[Craig]

In regards to your last comment Steve resorting to having to use network
manager to resolve the problem is not a viable or root cause fix. The
other issue in using network manager is that it is not applicable when
vlans are being used.

Since upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 and onwards I too have been faced
with a myriad of frustrating problems during boot time. For one I would
like to completley disable the windows like mentallity of polling and
attempting to auto enable network interfaces.

often VLAN's are dropped out and on almost all occasions there is a 2
minute delay even though the VLANs are staticlly set and assigned int he
interfaces file.

Sure its good to have the option remain as it is for the average user (I
do see the advantages) but for many of us, we thrive on unix/linux due
to its awesome capabilites, resiliant, high speed networking stack. And
my gosh, this issue, from an oustisde perspective really does bring a
sad face to many!!!

there are 15 variations of connection instances on my particular mini
mobile pc, such as;

usb teather to android 3g
wirless teather to 3g
wireless access point device
wireless client (multiple configurations)
USB eth10/100 & usb 1GB + multiple VLANS
a physical 1gb eth interface + multiple VLANS
sometimes some of the interfaces are static other times they are dhcp client
vmware network bridging to a variation of interface and location scenarios

All of these configuration are mixed in different scenarios depending on
my location and purpose at the time.

I want to boot direct with no network and fire the appropriate script
the sets the interfaces file up and starts the networks as desired,
along with mounting, vmware, nfs and cifs mappings.

Ubuntu rocks, I love it, but this network boot delay pains me no end :)
Especially when there are also 5-6 vmguests each with the same delays!!!

I only mentioned the scenarios above to give a picture of users that do
not fall into a common category, please dont let this wonderful OS fall
into the Windows trap of frustration.

Is there a permenant solution to disable the network delay timer???

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Title:
  FIXED: spurious "Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network
  configuration" message at startup, but all network devices are up

Status in “console-common” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “console-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “console-common” source package in Oneiric:
  Triaged
Status in “console-tools” source package in Oneiric:
  Triaged
Status in “upstart” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released
Status in “console-common” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “console-tools” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “upstart” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  SRU justification: any delays in running the rc-sysinit script cause a
  spurious message to appear on the plymouth boot splash saying that the
  boot is waiting for the network to become available when it really
  isn't.  This is confusing and misleading to users.

  At bootup, while displaying the Ubutu logo, it says waiting for
  network configuration. Then it says: "Waiting up to 60 more seconds
  for network configuration", but seems to be stuck until enter key is
  pressed. Out of the syslog file it seems like it tries to start the
  wireless network already at bootup, but fails since the key to the
  network is only available in my user account after logging in.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: network-manager 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Ingen slik fil eller filkatalog
  Date: Mon Oct 24 21:36:06 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback

   iface wwan0 inet dhcp
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  IpRoute:
   default via 10.0.0.138 dev wlan0  proto static
   10.0.0.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.0.0.1  metric 2
   169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000
  Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] Ingen slik fil eller filkatalog
  NetworkManager.state:
   [main]
   NetworkingEnabled=true
   WirelessEnabled=true
   WWANEnabled=true
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
  SourcePackage: network-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (7 days ago)

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