I've tested the new patch from ppa:mfo/lp1947099v2 and I can confirm it resolves the problem:
- Without the patch: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/RksNcBGSzn/ It took 396,940865−220,447147 = 176,493718 seconds in the IP-Config section. Total boot time: ubuntu@gpu48-ubuntu18:~$ sudo systemd-analyze time Startup finished in 4min 1.355s (firmware) + 2min 24.433s (loader) + 6min 8.464s (kernel) + 41.466s (userspace) = 13min 15.719s graphical.target reached after 41.068s in userspace - With the patch: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/46nVYCYyDZ/ It took 246,556749−212,019368 = 34,537381 seconds in the IP-Config section. Total boot time: ubuntu@gpu48-ubuntu18:~$ sudo systemd-analyze time Startup finished in 4min 1.246s (firmware) + 2min 24.170s (loader) + 3min 42.915s (kernel) + 39.010s (userspace) = 10min 47.343s graphical.target reached after 38.634s in userspace ubuntu@gpu48-ubuntu18:~$ sudo apt-cache policy klibc-utils klibc-utils: Installed: 2.0.4-9ubuntu2.18.04.1 Candidate: 2.0.4-9ubuntu2.18.04.1 Version table: *** 2.0.4-9ubuntu2.18.04.1 500 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mfo/lp1947099v2/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.0.4-9ubuntu2.1 500 500 http://me-dubai-1-ad-1.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 2.0.4-9ubuntu2 500 500 http://me-dubai-1-ad-1.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1947099 Title: ipconfig does not honour user-requested timeouts in some cases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/klibc/+bug/1947099/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs