Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 60 second halt during startup

The error: "waiting for network configuration"


Well, I've been there, done that, fixed that.. Here it goes.


In my case I just updated to the latest version of ubuntu (11.10 oneiric). I am also using wicd-client for managing all my network connections, which works flawless. After the update I started getting these halt messages during startup. The problem is ubuntu's own network config files which has other expectations on how the network should act.


The fix:

root@System:/home/user# nano /etc/network/interfaces 


now # out all lines except "auto lo" and "iface lo inet loopback".
My file looks like this:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system

# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface

#auto eth0

#iface eth0 inet dhcp