[clug] Fedora 15 boot issue (5 minutes pause)

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

I did not try the live CD. Installation was a standard live upgrade
(preupgrade etc.).

I have only one NIC (wired Ethernet) so this is pretty trivial, nothing
out of the ordinary.

As F15 was out for a while now, I am surprised to have this trouble.
But I still think that something else is wrong here. I *did* remove
and then install NetworkManager just to be sure that this is not due
to some upgrade fluff.

Oh well, I will just not reboot anymore :-)

cheers

On 09/12/11 21:01, Owen wrote:
>
>> I do have it up and running, and no updates are available.
>> It is just that booting is difficult (not that I do it too
>> often though).
>>
>> I can see that the NetworkManager packages have an issue:
>>
>> yum says:
>>
>> Installed Packages
>> NetworkManager.x86_64
>> 1:0.9.0-1.fc15                                          @updates
>> NetworkManager-glib.x86_64
>> 1:0.9.0-1.fc15                                          installed
>> NetworkManager-gnome.x86_64
>> 1:0.9.0-1.fc15                                          @updates
>> Available Packages
>> NetworkManager-devel.i686
>> 1:0.9.0-1.fc15                                          updates
>> NetworkManager-devel.x86_64
>> 1:0.9.0-1.fc15                                          updates
>> NetworkManager-glib.i686
>> 1:0.9.0-1.fc15                                          updates
>> NetworkManager-glib-devel.i686
>> 1:0.9.0-1.fc15                                          updates
>> NetworkManager-glib-devel.x86_64
>> 1:0.9.0-1.fc15                                          updates
>> NetworkManager-openconnect.x86_64
>> 0.8.999-1.fc15                                          fedora
>> NetworkManager-openswan.x86_64
>> 0.8.999-2.git20110721.fc15                              updates
>> NetworkManager-openvpn.x86_64
>> 1:0.8.9997-2.git20110721.fc15                           updates
>> NetworkManager-pptp.x86_64
>> 1:0.8.999-2.git20110721.fc15                            updates
>> NetworkManager-vpnc.x86_64
>> 1:0.8.999-3.git20110721.fc15                            updates
>>
>> but at the same time:
>>
>> # yum provides '*/init.d/NetworkManager'
>> [trim]
>> 1:NetworkManager-0.8.999-2.git20110509.fc15.x86_64 : Network
>> connection manager and user applications
>> Repo        : fedora
>> Matched from:
>> Filename    : /etc/rc.d/init.d/NetworkManager
>>
>> Now, I do not have init.d/NetworkManager (should I have one?)
>> and it is not available in the latest packages.
>>
>> Eyal
>>
>> On 09/12/11 20:03, Owen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Having upgraded to F15, I found that the boot process pauses for 5
>>>> minutes
>>>> part way through.
>>>>
>>>> I traced this to
>>>> 	nmcli -t --fields running nm status
>>>> which is used during the part that brings up loopback. It should
>>>> return
>>>> "running" or "not running".
>>>>
>>>> NetworkManager is *not* up at that time, and it seems that when it
>>>> comes
>>>> up it takes a *very* long time to become responsive, so the 'nmcli'
>>>> hangs.
>>>>
>>>> When the boot completes I need to switch to a text console and do
>>>> 	service network start
>>>> 	mount ...nfs shares and such...
>>>> which succeeds without a hitch.
>>>>
>>>> I searched for a solution (or even a cause) and did not yet find
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone encountered this? It seems to have been seen in F13 and F14
>>>> too.
>>>> Any clue will be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, The gnome 3 desktop is very different from earlier fedora
>>>> releases
>>>> and it took me a while to "adjust" some of it to my comfort level.
>>>> I
>>>> am getting there slowly.
>>>
>>> I am pretty sure that this is a recognized nm problem with the F15
>>> initial distro.
>>>
>>> Get it up and running and do an upgrade.
>
> I think I will bow out, you have the latest version. NetworkManager
> selects the "best" network. Do you have a lan cable connection (to a
> router), it will pick that first.
>
> Did it work ok as a live cd?
>
> Just what are you installing it from, F16 is about to hit the streets
> (november).
>
>   --
> Owen

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Eyal Lebedinsky	(eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)