this is an annoying issue, i had the same on a fresh installation of arfull on my dell inspiron 5570.
i think we have two separate issues: A) [ *** ] (2 of 2) A start job is running for Wait for Network to be Configured (21s / no limit) systemd-networkd-wait-online.service fails to start and it adds +2min delay at startup when your wired Ethernet is not connected. looking at that https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2154 I start the service by adding --ignore=enp2s0 in /lib/systemd/system /systemd-networkd-wait-online.service [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --ignore=enp2s0 RemainAfterExit=yes Now i have: time sudo /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --ignore=enp2s0 ignoring: enp2s0 ignoring: lo real 0m0.023s user 0m0.006s sys 0m0.013s B) a stop job ... or kworker blocked... msg at Shutdown, reboot .. looking at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1724317 I've fixed upgrading the kernel to 4.13.10. ** Bug watch added: github.com/systemd/systemd/issues #2154 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2154 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1706939 Title: A live session can't be shut down due to "[ *** ] (2 of 2) A start job is running for ... (21s / no limit)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1706939/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
