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System hang after change to static IP

Asked by Brian

I posted this problem earlier today, but it didn't appear. So sorry if it is a repeat.

I have installed Hardy from the live CD several times, and it works fine until I change to a static IP.
After I do that, if I restart the system hangs after login. [Brown screen of no life]

If I reboot, the system hangs when trying to boot from the live CD... but it works from a cold boot. The installed syatem will not boot however until reinstalled.

I have repeated this several times. A couple of times I got a "Didn't receive reply" error in a window at the top LH.

I suspect a DBus problem with the Gnome desktop.

Any comments/ workarounds - other than keeping DHCP?

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Zach (zachary-burke) said : 		#1

This is quite odd. What would be interesting is if we could see where the boot process is stopping. Could you please follow the directions here (http://www.foogazi.com/2007/10/27/remove-the-ubuntu-splash-screen/) to disable the splash screen and then either take a digital photograph or transcribe what you see. This would let us determine what is holding things up.

Changing from DHCP to a static IP should not change your ability to boot!

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Brian (brian2615) said : 		#2

I'll try breaking it again tomorrow AEST :)

My description may have been a little fuzzy - I applied the term "boot" to cover all that happens between start-up and a functioning gnome desktop. Humpty Dumpty's Principle

I could switch to a functioning text terminal screen - what I was missing was any panel functionality - including the alt-f2 "Run" panel. Ie the gnome desktop was totally unusable.

While running using DHCP I actually lost panel functionality without changing the IP address [can't remember what I was fiddling with - nothing major]. The result appeared exactly as before, I reinstalled gnome-panel using apt-get. Gnome-panel looked to have been removed.
That seemed to fix things although some applications - nautilus especially - seem terribly slow.

So I'm sorry if I misled you.

Let me know if that suggests anything else which I should try/test, otherwise I'll get back after trying your splash screen removal followed by IP change to static.

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Zach (zachary-burke) said : 		#3

In that case, what would be interesting is the entries in /var/log/Xorg.0.log that correspond to your startup attempt.

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Brian (brian2615) said : 		#4

Cannot reproduce the problem. Will close this now - thanks for your interest Zach.