On 03/06/11 07:02, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 14:07 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> I was seeing some very slow boot times, probably self inflicted, >> until I re-installed F-15 after which it worked quite nicely. >> Until I disabled network manager and set up a non-dhcp network >> with system-config-network. >> >> Then I could connect to the internet by clicking on "Activate" >> and the browser and e-mail functions worked but there was no >> connection to the LAN. Ethtool reported there was no device. > Sound like the old: Something says NetworkManager is handling your > ethernet, and things wanting to use the network check to see whether > NetworkManager has said that the ethernet is up; but because > NetworkManager didn't bring it up, it says it's down. > > The solutions to that were: Configure NetworkManager to *not* be > involved in that interface. Cave in and use NetworkManager to handle > that interface. > >> I then did: >> cp /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p2p1 >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and rebooted and eth1 >> came back on and I had access to my NFS, etc. > This sounds like the: The new ethernet is *not* called "eth" by > default, but named as per the BIOS hardware identifies it, yet you (or > something) expects eth-named devices. > >> However the boot routine now stops at "Start LSB: The cups >> scheduler" and sm-client, 60 seconds at each one which makes for >> a long boot time. Normally that's only done once a day so it's >> mostly an annoyance but I would like to fix it so it works right. > Could be down to the first thing I mentioned: NetworkManager's still > considered to be in charge, and things are hanging around waiting for it > to do its thing. > > I seem to recall there was an old thread mentioning that the time-out > could be adjusted to suit your purposes better. > > I think you should have posted with NetworkManager mentioned in the > subject line, to stand a better chance of catching the attention of > those more familiar with bludgeoning it into submission. Boot delays > could be related to various different things, and the network geeks > might not read your message. > Interesting points but I've already "thrown in the towel" and re-enabled network manager. I'll save your comments in the event I am inspired to take another shot at having it my way. This works and I can better spend my time doing other things. Thanks much. Bob . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines