Saturday, April 06, 2013

Linux Mint issue at startup - Waiting for network configuration


Try the below two probable solutions on Linux Mint/Ubuntu if you see the status below during startup:
Waiting for network configuration...
Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration...
Solution 1:
Comment out the line "auto wlan0" in /etc/network/interfaces.
Solution 2:
If the problem persists (99% it won't), try the solution below (caution - hope you are slightly comfortable with working in the command line!!).
You need to
(i) create directories /run and /run/lock,
(ii) move contents of /var/run into /run and /var/lock into /run/lock,
(iii) delete directories /var/run and /var/lock
(iv) create replacement symlinks; e.g. 'ln -s /run /var/run' and 'ln -s /run/lock /var/lock'


Attempt to move all the contents of the folders with commands like:
mkdir /run
mv /var/run/* /run]
etc.
If there is anything in these folders you cannot move or delete, it's possible it is a special mount point file. If rm fails, try umount -fl then attempt rm again. After you move all of the contents, create the symlinks, reboot, and you should be okay.


Check out this excellent blog on the issue: http://www.joshua14.homelinux.org/blog/?p=1029

 Haven't tried one more solution - Solution 3 - that one of my friends suggested : editing the /etc/init/failsafe.conf file
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  1. Anonymous10:54 PM

    I had the same sudden "waiting for network ..." problem arise for no apparent reason, with loss of ability to even configure the network. Just before reinstalling, I found a discussion of SSD problems.

    It seems that a failing SSD needs to use unallocated disk space to replace failed bits or blocks. Another symptom is files suddenly becoming read-only, so key system files can't be changed.

    I reduced a partition size to leave 10GiB unallocated space at the end of the SSD, and the problem disappeared! However, this seems to mean that I should be preparing to replace the SSD (a two-year-old OCZ Virtex 2 with Sandforce controller).

    If the problem is on a SSD, this is a far easier solution to try first, before giving up and reinstalling. If it works, it gives a very clear picture of what is going on.

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