Poilar
November 3rd, 2008, 07:03 PM
Ever since I upgraded to Intrepid my boot has been very slow.
I looked at the text while booting and it basically slows down when it's dealing with network stuff. It takes maybe 5-8 seconds on "Configuring network interfaces," and then sits on "Starting NTP server ntpd" for a good 30 seconds or so.
Any ideas?
I've attached a bootchart, in case that's helpful at all.
Thanks!
EDIT:
So I did some more research (disabled ntpd) and it's sitting at "Configuring network interfaces" and not at ntpd.
I use both wired and wireless connectivity depending on where my computer is (it's a laptop). My /etc/network/interfaces file simply reads:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
This is the same file that worked perfectly under gutsy. If I'm plugged into an ethernet cable, it appears that my computer stalls looking for a wireless network to connect to. If I remove the portion dealing with eth1 (my wireless interface) then that stalling goes away, but then my wireless capabilities are disabled. If I'm not plugged into an ethernet cable, then my computer stalls looking for an ethernet connection which I presumably could get around by removing the portion dealing with eth0, but then I'd just have no Internet capabilities at all.
More Edits:
I had uninstalled network-manager, which is why my interfaces file had content other than the loopback. I tried clearing out eth0 and eth1 and reinstalling network-manager and now my computer boots quickly again. I'm not sure why Ubuntu was suddenly unable to deal with not having network-manager when it worked fine under both Hardy and Gutsy, but this at least is a partial solution.
I looked at the text while booting and it basically slows down when it's dealing with network stuff. It takes maybe 5-8 seconds on "Configuring network interfaces," and then sits on "Starting NTP server ntpd" for a good 30 seconds or so.
Any ideas?
I've attached a bootchart, in case that's helpful at all.
Thanks!
EDIT:
So I did some more research (disabled ntpd) and it's sitting at "Configuring network interfaces" and not at ntpd.
I use both wired and wireless connectivity depending on where my computer is (it's a laptop). My /etc/network/interfaces file simply reads:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
This is the same file that worked perfectly under gutsy. If I'm plugged into an ethernet cable, it appears that my computer stalls looking for a wireless network to connect to. If I remove the portion dealing with eth1 (my wireless interface) then that stalling goes away, but then my wireless capabilities are disabled. If I'm not plugged into an ethernet cable, then my computer stalls looking for an ethernet connection which I presumably could get around by removing the portion dealing with eth0, but then I'd just have no Internet capabilities at all.
More Edits:
I had uninstalled network-manager, which is why my interfaces file had content other than the loopback. I tried clearing out eth0 and eth1 and reinstalling network-manager and now my computer boots quickly again. I'm not sure why Ubuntu was suddenly unable to deal with not having network-manager when it worked fine under both Hardy and Gutsy, but this at least is a partial solution.