I have the same issue. Ubuntu 8.10 hangs a while by "Configuring network devices..." if no configured wlan is reachable.
System Informations: ---------------------------- uname -a Linux dagobert 2.6.27-10-generic #1 SMP Fri Nov 21 19:19:18 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci | grep Network 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61) /etc/network/interfaces: iface lo inet loopback iface wlan1 inet dhcp wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf auto lo auto wlan1 NetworkManager is not installed! With NetworkManager installed and commenting out the entries in /etc/network/interfaces the problem is solved. But the NM doesn't work for me so I don't want to use it. ---------------------- In Ubuntu 8.04 all works fine. If a network configured in wpa_supplicant.conf is in range Ubuntu boots just fast and fine. Thanks for any suggestions. -- Ubuntu 8.10 booting hangs for a while on "configuring network interfaces" on iwl3945 and iwl4965 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs