new ifupdown debs – testers needed

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

Some users have reported issues with a long delay when booting due to networking (waiting for eth etc).

I have repackaged the debian/buster version of ifupdown and need to check that it works (ie no more delays) in as many situations as possible.

To try, add dev to the /etc/apt/sourcs.list.d/antix.list, so it looks something like this.

deb http://repo.antixlinux.com/buster buster main nonfree dev

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

Reboot and post results.

This also applies to testing and sid users.

Please test if using connman, ceni or something else and if you use wired and/or wireless.

Thanks

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anticapitalista wrote:

Some users have reported issues with a long delay when booting due to networking (waiting for eth etc).

I have repackaged the debian/buster version of ifupdown and need to check that it works (ie no more delays) in as many situations as possible.
Please test if using connman, ceni or something else and if you use wired and/or wireless.

Thanks

Hello,
Using connman here, wired (and/or wireless sometimes only) … and now with your new version ifupdown , it is a lot faster when I only use wired (so with wireless off) on my eepc.

… So congratulations, that works here.

ps -aux | grep connm
root      2600  0.0  0.2  12956  3972 ?        Ss   19:59   0:00 /usr/sbin/connmand
christo+  4329  0.1  1.5 123360 29860 ?        Sl   20:00   0:01 connman-gtk

inxi -v 8
System:    Host: antix19 Kernel: 5.2.15-antix.1-686-smp-pae i686 bits: 32 Desktop: IceWM 1.6.1 

           base: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: MICRO-STAR product: MS-N033 v: Ver.001 serial: <root required> 
           Mobo: MICRO-STAR model: U-123 v: Ver.001 serial: <root required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4.6.3 
...
CPU: Single Core Intel Atom N280 (-MT-) speed/min/max: 1667/1000/1667 MHz Kernel: 5.2.15-antix.1-686-smp-pae i686 
Up: 22m Mem: 408.6/1936.2 MiB (21.1%) Storage: 465.76 GiB (21.1% used) Procs: 139 Shell: bash 5.0.3 inxi: 3.0.36 

inxi -nz
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 

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oops wrote:

it is a lot faster when I only use wired (so with wireless off) on my eepc.

And a problem with the wireless turned on or with the wireless turned on has not been tried?

The way it reads to me suggests there is a problem when the wireless is enabled but it is not a bother too much

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Dave wrote:

oops wrote:

it is a lot faster when I only use wired (so with wireless off) on my eepc.

And a problem with the wireless turned on or with the wireless turned on has not been tried?

The way it reads to me suggests there is a problem when the wireless is enabled but it is not a bother too much

“The way it reads to me suggests there is a problem when the wireless is enabled but it is not a bother too much”
Yes.

In fact, the boot times is faster (in all cases) but especially (now with this new version of ifupdown) when wireless was turned Off here and wired On (both config initially stored into wicd-client)

… But I did some new tests and if wifi is turned on into my eepc, I had to reactivate my wifi via wicd-client (in connman it does not work) .
For wired it is ok with the both connman-gtk or wicd-client

… But maybe it is due to an issue into connman-gtk … so I have to investigate more things (but I do not use my wifi very often).

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No more delays here. One frugal install using connman & another one using ceni.
32-bit. Wifi only tested (only connection I use regularly).

confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019

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