On Fri 26 Aug 2022 at 22:37:08 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 03:06:24PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > In Debian 11/bullseye my system keeps reporting timeouts while trying > > to bring up the first non-loopback interface. According to ip, the > > interface actually is up, but ifup/down do not know that. My 2nd > > interface is down, and there is no mention of attempting to bring it > > up in the logs. I can bring up both interfaces after startup, > > suggesting there may be something special about the initial > > environment that is causing trouble, but I don't know what. > > > > I'd appreciate any suggestions about how to diagnose or cure the > > problem. I have set VERBOSE=yes in /etc/default/networking > > > > Cut /etc/network/interfaces down to the lo stanza > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > Remove EVERYTHING else.
Actuall, the lo stanza can also be removed because ifupdown will deal with it without any help. See the changelog.Debian. -- Brian.