Trisquel, Text mode install (selected no packages to install)

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sebelius
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Joined: 08/22/2013

I installed Trisquel and did not select to install any extra packages, intentionally.
Everything works fine, except one thing.
During boot (before presented the login screen), if ethernet is not plugged in
then the system will wait for ethernet to be plugged in for several minutes.
CTRL-C don't work, so i see no apparent way to cancel it...
If the ethernet is plugged in, it immediately presents the login screen.

Does anyone know how to remove this 'wait for ethernet / internet connection'?
It's very boring to have to wait several minutes to log on.

I could post a picture of the screen i am presented during boot, if necessary.
There's really not much information there.

I'm guessing there's some 'file' that is executed during boot, and that, that file contains a command that attempts to connect to the internet and that it won't stop until connected or several minutes has gone.

If that is correct, do you know what file that is?

lembas
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Joined: 05/13/2010

What it is waiting for is DHCP info. It's handled by /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf. Since you say it's instant when plugged it, set a low timeout.

This config file has a manual page.

sebelius
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Joined: 08/22/2013

Thank you, i will test it out :)

sebelius
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Joined: 08/22/2013

That solution did not work.
However i found plenty of others here.

I commented out the sleep calls in /etc/init/failsafe.conf, and rebooted. Boot time was about 17 seconds (normal).