"Waiting for network configuration" message during boot is unclear and unnecessary

[Andrea Corbellini]

After my first boot in Precise (in a VM) I've been shown this message during boot: Waiting for network configuration...
and, after some time, this message: Waiting other 60 seconds for network configuration...

Both messages are unclear because:

1. It is not clear what it is configuring exactly: is it installing some drivers? Is it trying to connect to the Internet (maybe looking for a Wi-Fi access point)?
2. It is not clear whether the system is waiting for some user input.

Assuming that the system is trying to connect to the Internet, this operation is totally unuseful becasuse in many occasions the system do not have enough data to proceed (e.g. proxy information, access point passwords, ...).

Also, I have to note that being using a Virtual Machine, the Internet connection should be established almost immediately, and I cannot explain why it took so much time.

[Daniil Ivanov (daniil-ivanov)]

This bug seems to be a duplicate of bug 940485.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

This message is I believe pretty accurate, it's not waiting for user input (and the message doesn't sound like it does), it's not scanning wireless or trying to reach the internet. It's waiting for your network devices to find link and get an address.

If you're hitting this every time you boot, it's very likely because you have a broken /etc/network/interfaces file, in which case you probably should try and fix it :)