Long booting time when no network cable is plugged

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Paul Plankton

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Oct 25, 2016, 4:46:30 PM10/25/16
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Hi,

I'm running a BBG with Ubuntu on external microSD-card (the one from http://www.elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Ubuntu_.2816.04.1.29 ).

When no network cable is connected to the BBG, the boot time is quite long, it comes up with a text

A start job is running for Raise network interfaces (39s / 5min 2s)

The first time value is counting and it really takes minutes...

How can I avoid this delay and let it continue without network when no cable is plugged?

Thanks!


Robert Nelson

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Oct 25, 2016, 4:49:05 PM10/25/16
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edit /etc/network/interfaces

and comment out the two "eth0" lines..

Regards,

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Paul Plankton

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Oct 26, 2016, 1:08:51 AM10/26/16
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But this disables the network interface permanently, not only when no cable is plugged?

David Goodenough

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Oct 26, 2016, 6:23:16 AM10/26/16
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There is a package called ifplugd which monitors the connection and only activates the connection when a cable is plugged into the socket and the electrical connection to another system (or router/switch) is established.

 

David

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Paul Plankton

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Nov 8, 2016, 1:04:39 PM11/8/16
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Simple installation of ifplugd does not do the job - what else has to be done?

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David Goodenough

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Nov 8, 2016, 1:48:37 PM11/8/16
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Have you configured it? It needs to know which interfaces it controls, and you need to make sure that these interfaces are not auto-started. Have you read the README in /usr/share/doc/ifplugd ?

 

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