I managed to eliminate this issue merely by commenting out all the "console output" lines in the five init files mentioned above. What is also interesting is this....
I did not have any problems with this machine while it was on my desk. I booted it countless times without problems while configuring it. After packing it up and shipping it to a data center where it was merely hooked up (ethernet/power, no monitor) it fails to boot pretty much all the time (but stops at different points). Occasionally it will stop when SSH is up but the consoles are still down, allowing me to get into the machine. The machine has a DRAC. As I said, the _only_ thing I changed were the "console output" lines. Could the lack of a monitor actually plugged into the DRAC have anything to do with it (Dell Remote Administration Card)? Maybe there are three workarounds because there are different causes for the same "race" conditions? Grasping but the difference was immediate and abrupt. And the same server was working _unchanged_ but just in a different physical location with absolutely _zero_ changes. It wasn't even configured to use DHCP, it was static IP in both locations so there shouldn't really be any material "network" effects... Hardware: Dell R200 DRAC4p -- CUPS and other system services not starting at boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554172 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
