On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:57:01PM +1300, Anthony Hart wrote: > The original problem was that the boot process hung > unless the ethernet card was connected to the cable > modem. Rik's opinion was that the system was waiting > for the current time to be obtained from the Internet > and Nick disabled the relevant script.
Well, did that help? Or, more realistically, did that change the details of the problem? :-) The other possibility is that your X server is trying to offer XDMCP logins, which happen over the network, and was getting confused if your network interface was configured, but down (down by virtue of the fact that the cable model only provided a link if it was switched on) Which still isn't supposed to happen, but I guess it's a possibility. -jim
