[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#478099: Bug#478099: [network-manager] NetworkManager hangs indefinitely on boot after initializing an ethernet interface while a link beat is detected - regardless of device module

[Michael Biebl]

severity normal
thanks

DamentZ wrote:
> I found source of the hangs on NetworkManager - apparently if syslog is not
> running, it'll freeze after trying to enable my eth0 interface.  I rebooted
> with syslogd enabled to catch a log and to my amazement, knetworkmanager was
> fully functional and reported that I was connected to a wired network.
> 
> Curiously, I disabled syslogd and klogd and proceeded to reboot again.
> After logging in, knetworkmanager was stuck on the green orb icon
> (indicating it's in the process of some sort of connection).
> 
> Then, I rebooted with NetworkManager set not to enable during boot and
> ran *NetworkManager
> --no-daemon*.  It was able to correctly connect through my wired network
> without hanging.
> 
> 
> 
> So, I'm not sure how to capture a log of it actually hanging for you guys,
> but I'm sure disabling syslogd and klogd makes it always reproducible.

Hm, unfortunately I'm unable to reproduce your problem. I disabled the 
syslogd and the only thing that changes during boot, is that the output 
of NetworkManager is sent to stdout instead to a log file, that's all.
It is still working fine and successfully connects.

> 
> Another interesting point, with syslogd running, NetworkManager doesn't
> output to the first virtual terminal during boot - maybe thats how its tied
> to its hanging...

No, it's intended behaviour. When syslogd is running, the output of NM 
is sent to the syslogd, if syslogd is not running, the output is sent to 
stdout/stderr.


> I can't reproduce your problem here. Do you use static IPs, dhcp, anything
>> special?
> 
> No, just standard dhcp, nothing special.
> 

Could you strace the hanging NM instance please?

Cheers,
Michael

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