Boot problem (loooooong) with networking problems.

[michelinok]

Hi there!
I've a "strange" problem...I think is a very stupid to fix, but i'm not as expert as you

During the boot process, the system takes a long time performing this:

"Configuring network interfaces..." (it takes one minute or so...).

From what i remember it execute "/etc/init.d/networking start", so I've checked permorming first "/etc/init.d/networking stop", then "/etc/init.d/networking start".

Here's the output from the console:

root@bt:~# /etc/init.d/networking start
Configuring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1e:8c:26:ac:27
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1e:8c:26:ac:27
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPOFFER of 192.168.2.65 from 192.168.2.1
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.2.65 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 192.168.2.65 from 192.168.2.1
bound to 192.168.2.65 -- renewal in 37614 seconds.
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth1 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth2 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface ath0 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface wlan0 before doing NFS mounts
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth1.
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth2.
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up ath0.
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:14:6c:8a:b9:02
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:14:6c:8a:b9:02
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
if-up.d/mountnfs[wlan0]: waiting for interface eth1 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[wlan0]: waiting for interface eth2 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[wlan0]: waiting for interface ath0 before doing NFS mounts
done.
root@bt:~#


I think (i'm sure...) the problem is that it want to configure the wmaster0 interface.
I don't want BT4 to configure the wmaster0 (ok...the eth0 yes!), if i want to use wmaster0 interface, i'll do it by myself with wicd.

Is there any way to tell BT4 not to configure wlan0 ?!?!

Many thanks!

[imported_hatake_kakashi]

You could simply execute dhclient eth0 and that would only make eth0 acquire IP address. Which is far more effective than using /etc/init.d/networking start.

[michelinok]

You could simply execute dhclient eth0 and that would only make eth0 acquire IP address. Which is far more effective than using /etc/init.d/networking start.

So,is there a way to remove the "/etc/init.d/networking start" from the auto-execution at boot?

[drgr33n]

chmod a-x /etc/init.d/networking

[michelinok]

chmod a-x /etc/init.d/networking

Many thanks

It was so obvious