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After an update on 13.10, my PC won't boot Ubuntu any longer.

It displays the infamous "Waiting for Network Configuration" message and then hangs.

I can go into recovery mode, and choose "Start networking" and then go to a root prompt, and that works fine. Ping works. /etc/network/interfaces contains just the two lines "auto lo" and "iface lo inet loopback".

I've double-checked that my network is working, the cable is working (it works on another PC) and the network card seems to indicate a connection.

Any suggestions on how to get my PC booted again? Right now I'm limited to a root shell prompt.

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  • I've tried deleting everything in /var/run/dbus; there were two files left there. Rebooted, same issue. I tried removing the 120 second wait in /etc/init/failsafe.conf. Same result. At this stage my workstation is effectively dead. Any help would be appreciated. – user213017 Nov 09 '13 at 10:49
  • I assume you have already checked http://askubuntu.com/questions/63456/waiting-for-network-configuration-adding-3-to-5-minutes-to-boot-time?rq=1? – kvz Nov 09 '13 at 20:57
  • Yes, I checked every issue I could find on this topic. It's something else... I'll try an older kernel tomorrow. – user213017 Nov 09 '13 at 23:46
  • I tried reverting to an older kernel, and emptying /etc/network/interfaces completely, changes nothing. There's a 2-minute wait "Waiting for network configuration..." and then it says, "Booting system without full network configuration" and that's it - doesn't boot. – user213017 Nov 10 '13 at 08:36
  • I've reinstalled Ubuntu, there seems no other fix for this. – user213017 Nov 10 '13 at 09:24

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Did you try to do something like this?

In /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf replace:

start on (filesystem and static-network-up) or failsafe-boot

with:

start on (filesystem) or failsafe-boot

From Disable network configuration services during boot time

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