Excerpts from PeterPall's message of Sat Oct 08 11:16:29 UTC 2011: > I understand that the first time after installation it makes sense for the > system to wait for a network connection before booting. If the installer > removes the line in /etc/network/interfaces telling the system about networks > most users won't ever find out about this. But - > What happens if somebody just needs a line in /etc/network/interfaces. Or - > as I did - added a static network communication to avoid problems with the > router or because it was needed to get the system in a sane state again after > one updates from one ubuntu alpha to another? > > Since the user won't know the reason why the system is waiting for a > network and other OSes have strange boot delays that seem to have been > introduced intentionally chances aren't 100% that he will eventually end > up here and know what to do to fix the problem.
Its my hope that the user would report this message and those who are supporting that user would know immediately what the problem is and help them solve it. Since it only happens once one has deliberately modified the network configuration of the machine, it seems like a good idea to direct the user to the machine's network configuration as the source of the boot up wait. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/847782 Title: installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcfg/+bug/847782/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
