I tried several reboots and several shutdowns all of which succeeded. The issues started on January 20, after the system updates on January 19. I don't know how the Ubuntu startup system (Upstart) works, but my guess is that one of those updates caused the race, and a subsequent update caused the race to disappear. Maybe some of those updates cause upstart service/task dependencies to be recalculated/cached, and this failed on January 19 (causing the unbootable system). A subsequent update may have attempted the same and succeeded, fixing the boot.
Have we eliminated this possibilty so that the resolution to mark this bug report as "Fix Released" is valid? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1412671 Title: [14.04] Boot stuck in "Starting configuring network devices" after upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1412671/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
