Hi!

On 2017-11-29 08:37, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Am Mittwoch, 29. November 2017 schrieb Didier Kryn:
> > Le 29/11/2017 à 08:38, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp a écrit :
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > When bootin ascii and eth0 is present and configured as dhcp and eth0 is not connected to a network, then the boot process is blocked at ~ 1 minute at the stage where eth0 is configured. This is quite anoying and did not happen on jessie. Is there an easy way to get the old behaviour (i.e. background dhcp request) back on ascii?
> > >
> >
> >     Sorry to reply by this triviality: did you check
> > /etc/network/interfaces ?
> >
> >     If you have 'auto eth0' , then it might explain the wait.
> >     Normally, if the cable is meant to be unplugged/replugged, you
> > should have
> >     'allow-hotplug eth0' instead.
> >
> >     Didier
>
> Well, this is exactly the problem: I have these lines in /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>

Maybe I did not make myself clear:

No matter which line I put in /etc/network/interfaces, be it "allow-hotplug eth0" or "auto eth0", booting is delayed when no network is present and dhcp should be used.

Could someboy else please check if this is behavior is reproducable?

Nik