As I migrated from Lucid to Precise there was quite a bump when I realized that following lines: auto eth0 auto eth1 would unsuspectingly have quite an impact on boot time if one of cables is currently unplugged.
Users who use mobile phones with auto/static configurations also have same problem when phone is not attached. Clint Byrum gave some nice ideas for workarounds in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/839595/comments/39 If you ask me as a user I would prefer to have seamless transition and expect same behavior from "auto". However, introducing auto-nowait will also be not quite so obvious but nice/easy-to-use/grasp solution. Please keep trying to make Ubuntu usable by mere mortals and thank you for your patience. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/964775 Title: Boot is delayed due to missing static network interface To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/964775/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
