The IPv6 definition of localhost (::1) is clearly wrong in the configuration file.
root@pkvmci808:~# cat /etc/default/tftpd-hpa ... TFTP_ADDRESS="[::]:69" ... root@pkvmci808:~# systemctl start tftpd-hpa.service Job for tftpd-hpa.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status tftpd-hpa.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. ubuntu@pkvmci808:~$ cat /var/log/syslog ... Jun 27 17:56:51 pkvmci808 in.tftpd[21463]: cannot resolve local IPv6 bind address: ::(Name or service not known) ... root@pkvmci808:~# vi /etc/hosts ... TFTP_ADDRESS="[::1]:69" ... root@pkvmci808:~# systemctl start tftpd-hpa.service -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342580 Title: tftpd-hpa doesn't start on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tftp-hpa/+bug/1342580/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
