Hello, During the boot, when it's time to bring the interfaces up, this process takes more than 5 minutes. The below message is displayed on the screen:
A start job is running for LSB: Raise network interface [5:16] After the timeout the systems works normally. I'm using Lenny on a 64bit machine and the systemd init system. # systemctl --version systemd 215 +PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ -SECCOMP -APPARMOR My /etc/network/interfaces: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1 8.8.8.8 It seams the problem is some race condition that results in a deadlock. The systemd is waiting for a condition that never is satisfied. Looking at the journalctl -alb - ( I just printed here the systemd and networking specific messages) Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found ordering cycle on basic.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on paths.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on acpid.path/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on sysinit.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on rpcbind.service/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on network-online.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on network.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on networking.service/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on basic.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job paths.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Job paths.target/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with basic.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found ordering cycle on basic.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on sysinit.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on rpcbind.service/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on network-online.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on network.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on networking.service/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Found dependency on basic.target/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job rpcbind.service/start Mar 27 09:50:14 vali systemd[1]: Job rpcbind.service/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with basic.target/start Mar 27 09:50:30 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: Configuring interface lo=lo (inet) Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/bridge Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ethtool Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/hostapd Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: ip link set dev lo up Mar 27 09:50:31 vali dbus[726]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Accounts' unit='accounts-daemon.service' Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose /etc/network/if-up.d Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/000resolvconf Mar 27 09:50:31 vali dbus[726]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' unit='polkitd.service' Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-autoipd Mar 27 09:50:31 vali polkitd[832]: started daemon version 0.105 using authority implementation `local' version `0.105' Mar 27 09:50:31 vali dbus[726]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' Mar 27 09:50:31 vali accounts-daemon[734]: started daemon version 0.6.37 Mar 27 09:50:31 vali dbus[726]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Accounts' Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-daemon Mar 27 09:50:31 vali kernel: vboxpci: IOMMU not found (not registered) Mar 27 09:50:31 vali vboxdrv[735]: Starting VirtualBox kernel modules ...done. Mar 27 09:50:31 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/ethtool Mar 27 09:50:32 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs Mar 27 09:50:32 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate Mar 27 09:50:35 vali kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Mar 27 09:50:36 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-autoipd Mar 27 09:50:36 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-daemon Mar 27 09:50:36 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/ethtool Mar 27 09:50:36 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs Mar 27 09:50:36 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate Mar 27 09:50:36 vali networking[745]: run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/openntpd Mar 27 09:55:28 vali systemd[1]: networking.service start operation timed out. Terminating. Mar 27 09:55:28 vali systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Raise network interfaces.. Mar 27 09:55:28 vali systemd[1]: Unit networking.service entered failed state. Booting after a #systemctl enable debug-shell.service I could switch to tty9 and when the boot stoped on bringing the interface up I run: # /etc/init.d/networking restart The booting process continued from where it stopped, I didn't need to wait anything and the interfaces were configured successfully. Any idea how to solve that? Tell me if you need anymore details on my configuration. Below are some links I looked at before post here. Thanks in advance. Best Regards. Paulo Roberto PS: [0] - http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=119326 [1] - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771943 [2] -