I tested this on current xenial, and my ethernet interface does get configured via DHCP, through the "ifup -a", it's not yet getting to the NetworkManager fallback. I then commented out the "ifup -a" from /lib /recovery-mode/options/network and re-ran it, and NM gets brought up.
So I cannot reproduce this and I need more information what goes wrong for you. Please start recovery mode, select "root shell", and run sh -x /lib/recovery-mode/options/network > /var/tmp/network.debug 2>&1 Then reboot and attach /var/tmp/network.debug here. Thanks! ** Changed in: friendly-recovery (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580591 Title: "activate networking" : broken from recovery mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/1580591/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs