I'm not certain this is related but I did not experience the delay when using lightdm, but do when using gdm3.
** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Artful) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Artful) Assignee: (unassigned) => Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Artful) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713984 Title: started raise network interfaces - times out To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1713984/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs