this is an annoying issue, i had the same on a fresh installation of arfull on my dell inspiron 5570.
i think we have two separate issues: A) [ *** ] (2 of 2) A start job is running for Wait for Network to be Configured (21s / no limit) systemd-networkd-wait-online.service fails to start and it adds +2min delay at startup when your wired Ethernet is not connected. looking at that https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2154 I start the service by adding --ignore=enp2s0 in /lib/systemd/system /systemd-networkd-wait-online.service [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --ignore=enp2s0 RemainAfterExit=yes Now i have: time sudo /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --ignore=enp2s0 ignoring: enp2s0 ignoring: lo real 0m0.023s user 0m0.006s sys 0m0.013s B) a stop job ... or kworker blocked... msg at Shutdown, reboot .. looking at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1724317 I've fixed upgrading the kernel to 4.13.10. ** Bug watch added: github.com/systemd/systemd/issues #2154 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2154 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1706939 Title: A live session can't be shut down due to "[ *** ] (2 of 2) A start job is running for ... (21s / no limit)" Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Test case: Boot to live session using current or recent image Attempt to restart, shutdown or even log out. Hangs basically forever with: [ *** ] (2 of 2) A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up (21s / no limit) or [ *** ] (2 of 2) A start job is running for Wait for Network to be Configured (21s / no limit) --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gdm3 3.24.2-1ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8 Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.384 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Jul 27 10:15:57 2017 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170723) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.gdm3.custom.conf: 2017-07-27T10:13:04.127685 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1706939/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
