Slow Boot

[James Gray]

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:15, Derek Broughton wrote:
> James Gray wrote:
> > On Tuesday 17 January 2006 12:33, Allen Freeman wrote:
> >> But enough of that wandering about. Let's get to the point. When I
> >> boot Kubuntu, the boot 'stalls' at:
> >>
> >> Configuring Network Interfaces...
> >> Waiting for Network Interface to come up...
> >>
> >> for about 3 and a half minutes. I'm wondering what, exactly, it's
> >> doing. When I installed Kubuntu I did have the ethernet cable plugged
> >> in and I did set up the ethernet network, as well as the WiFi card. Is
> >> it trying to activate the ethernet network?
> >>
> >> I'd like to be able to boot into Kubuntu when I use the laptop for
> >> school, but a 4 minute boot is unacceptable. What do I do about this?
> >
> > Remove the ethernet (cable) interface from the "auto" line
> > in /etc/network/interfaces or use whatever GUI tool to make the
> > ethernet cable not start automatically.
> >
> > You can leave the interface configured, but you'll have to start it
> > manually: sudo ifup eth?
>
> You don't have to start it manually.  Install ifplugd, and it will bring
> it up whenever it detects a connection.

Very good point Derek.  I'd totally forgotten about ifplugd :P  I do most of 
my network config from the command line and for very rare occasions my 
lappy is "hard-wired" into a network[1], it just doesn't seem worth the RAM 
and CPU cycles for me to run yet another daemon when "sudo ifup eth1" does 
everything I need.

Would make an ideal solution for the OP though :)

Cheers,

James
[1] Everywhere I go these days I can use my wifi interface :)
-- 
It seems to make an auto driver mad if he misses you.
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