configuring network interfaces... hangs

[Valkyrie]

Hi,

Using BT4 hdd install on vmware.
After configuring the /etc/network/interface file and running the update defaults for networking and ssh.

I restart and startup hangs @ "configuring network interfaces..."

Contents of my /etc/network/interface file:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

Anyone know how to fix?

[creepykrawler]

When you say restart do you mean restarting networking services? Or restarting the machine?

What happens if you just run:

ifconfig eth0 up
dhclient eth0

Does it hang then?

[Valkyrie]

When you say restart do you mean restarting networking services? Or restarting the machine?

What happens if you just run:

ifconfig eth0 up
dhclient eth0

Does it hang then?

hi,

I mean as in, when the virtual machine is booting up, before it gives me the option to login as root.
This is after I ran the ...update rc-d. defaultss for networking and ssh", as shown in networking tutorial in 'how to' section.
Couple times it takes so long and Login doesnt come up, I've just closed or alt+ctrl+delete to restart. Its really annoying.
One stage tonight I booted up- it took almost 15 minutes to get to the BTlogin...it did eventually get there tho.

[creepykrawler]

Can you remove the network config from your VM guest. Then reboot and see if it takes that long. Trying to see if it is something with the Vmware. Also, are you setting it up as a bridged connection?

[Valkyrie]

Have tried Bridged and NAT..

Screenshot (just noticed also says something about blacklisted)

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7...al20100207.png

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7...al20100207.png

Its also leading to more and more errors..very frustrating.

Once booted...Im also getting a 'file protocol error', followed by wicd error when trying to start wicd + no wir
eless networks found now..


http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4533/starterror.png

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5877/wicderror.png



Any experts out there have an answer??

root@bt:~# iwlist scan

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Device or resource busy



root@bt:~# lshw -C network

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:0c:29:4f:a1:36
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical logical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=pcnet32 driverversion=1.35 latency=64 link=no maxlatency=255 mingnt=6 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:00:ca:30:eb:e0
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg


root@bt:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp



root@bt:~# iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

EDIT: ok fixed 1 of 3 errors I was receving.
From looking on KDE forums I found that the start error is relating to my slow processor (1.7ghz). Once background picture was removed- that error no longer appeared
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4533/starterror.png