This is still an issue. I run dapper on all desktops here, and never had this problem, until now.
Purchased 2 dell optiplex machines to use as test machines to replace some old desktops, and when it boots there is no network up whatsoever. The /etc/init.d/networking script hangs for quite a while (no significant output whatsoever), then exits due to a timeout. After logging in, the file /var/run/network/ifstate contains the following: lo=lo eth0=eth0 thus running ifup -a doesn't work, running ifup -a --force does bring up the network interface. /etc/init.d/networking restart works as well, however the above two methods only work if done from the console, not from the init scripts. The network card is a broadcom (exact type unknown atm) using the tg3 driver. The machine is running the 2.6.20-12-generic x64 kernel from feisty, because of the fact that the card didn't work on the stock dapper kernel. Hoping there is a workaround for this, because we were planning on waiting with upgrading our desktops until feisty is stable. -- Network doesn't always come up on boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/50448 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
