postfix fails on boot with "fatal: could not find any active network interfaces"
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| postfix (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: postfix
Upon boot, postfix fails with the following in my /var/log/mail.log:
Jun 29 11:14:21 shoe postfix[2815]: fatal: could not find any active network interfaces
Once the machine has booted, I can run "sudo /etc/init.d/postfix start" manually and it works fine. I have a single wired connection with static IP address. The boxes "Connect automatically" and "Available to all users" are checked in System -> Preferences -> Network Connections.
I noticed that the /etc/rc?.d symlinks have it start at 20. The file /etc/rcS.d/README says that networking isn't available until after 40, although I think that only matters to the scripts in /etc/rcS.d. (If I understand correctly, the scripts in rc2.d should run after all rcS.d scripts are done.)
This problem does not exist on a second machine with a similar configuration.
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty i386 (32-bit)
postfix-2.5.5-1.1
dovecot-
| LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote | #1 |
| Richard Hansen (rhansen) wrote | #2 |
| Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in postfix (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Richard Hansen (rhansen) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in postfix (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → New |
| Changed in postfix (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Is it possible that the loopback interface isn't configured on the first machine?
ubuntu relies on udev to start networking, so there could be some timing issues at work, possibly.
lamont