11.10 upgrade "waiting for network configuration"

[rbrown3rd]

I just upgraded my laptop from 11.04 to 11.10 and now it will not boot past the Ubuntu splash screen with the dots. It hangs on "waiting for network configuration" for a while then it says "waiting an additional 60 seconds for network configuration". After that it says "Booting system without full network configuration". So far it is still showing that last prompt after several minutes.

I tried editing /etc/network/interfaces to comment out the lines there but it is a read-only file and I can't get it to save after the edits. I got to the command line prompt after booting and getting the menu by pressing one of the function keys. I tried using sudo vi interfaces but that didn't work.

I am stuck and I need my laptop. Can someone please help me? Thanks.

Bob

[parvez]

Same problem here.

[monarchd]

Same here

[supermegadope]

I also have this issue but when I hit ESC to see what was going on it had actually passed that part and went to "Booting system without full network configuration" and then it hung AFTER starting apache2 on my box.

Screenshot attached.

Does anyone know where I can see the list of services it is trying to start and in what order so I can see what is after apache because that seems to be where mine is hanging. Also how can I boot from a cd to access the filesystem to make any changes I need to.

[indyeah]

Same issue here i even created my own thread for it....
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1859657.

lol didnt knew we already had this thread here.Got here through google search

[rbrown3rd]

I hope someone finds a solution for this soon. I am without my laptop which has run flawlessly for me using previous versions of Ubuntu. I found some bug report threads using Google. I was trying the simplest one which is to comment out the lines in /etc/network/interfaces (interfaces is a file with no extension), but could not save the file after editing it with vi. I am dead in the water.

Oddly, the laptop got through the "wating for network configuration" last night right after upgrading and rebooting after a long wait. I prefer keeping up with the releases but it seems almost every time I do a major upgrade I have major problems. That is not good.

[petzoldf]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...us/+bug/811441

Post #24 works perfect to resolve this problem.

[rbrown3rd]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...us/+bug/811441

Post #24 works perfect to resolve this problem.

Great. How do you boot to a non read-only prompt. The recovery mode does not do it for me. It has been a while since I did any of this.

Oops. It is in the post you referenced. Sorry.

[rbrown3rd]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...us/+bug/811441

Post #24 works perfect to resolve this problem.

On my machine those directories already exist and have stuff in them. Was that the case on yours?

[szalerv]

Hi!

I had same problem.

Here is my solution:
1. I deleted all pid file in /var/run and all subfolders especially /var/run/dbus
2. I moved all data from /var/run to /run then deleted /var/run folder.
3. I made a symlink /run to /var/run.

4. Restart

Now my updated system is working well.


Ervin