Bug 52828

Summary:	dhcpcd hangs on boot when network cable is not presnt
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Public Beta	Reporter:	marv
Component:	dhcpcd	Assignee:	Elliot Lee <sopwith>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	roswell	CC:	olivier.baudron
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description marv 2001-08-29 18:33:15 UTC

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Description of problem:
If I boot up my IBM Thinkpad without a network cable dhcpd hangs forever.
This happened after I ran an up2date on my system. Before the up2date, It
would by pass this and I would be able to use my system.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.rebooted the system with network cable in. System comes up completely
2.rebooted the system without the network cable and it hung.
3.
	

Additional info:

Comment 1 Olivier Baudron 2002-01-06 11:45:25 UTC

I cannot reproduce this on my rawhide linux box (not an IBM Thinkpad). It hangs
for two minutes then the booting process goes on.

12:14:01 baud ifup: Determining IP information for eth0...
[...]
12:16:01 baud dhcpcd[326]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response 
12:16:01 baud ifup:  failed.
12:16:01 baud network: Bringing up interface eth0:  failed
[...]

Comment 2 Elliot Lee 2002-03-08 15:41:46 UTC

Solution: plug network cable in, then reboot.