eth0 init failed because dhcbdb not running

Bug #176213 reported by ChM
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network-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Since I upgrade to gutsy I see these messages in syslog in a boot phase:

Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> SWITCH: no current connection, found better connection 'eth0'.
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dhcp_manager_get_state_for_device(): dhcdbd not running!
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Will activate connection 'eth0'.
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Device eth0 activation scheduled...
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) started...
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started...
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dhcp_manager_begin_transaction(): dhcdbd not running!
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) failure scheduled...
Dec 13 20:57:09 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
Dec 13 20:57:10 home NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) failed.
Dec 13 20:57:10 home NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0.

I get plenty of these until rc2.d/S24dhcbdb is started. Then it manages to get the host network information with dhcp.

I noticed that amavis doesn't get started with the consequence that all incoming mails get blocked in queues by postfix.
Although it is there as rc2.d/S19amavis

Checking the logs, I saw these series of messages. I get 100 of them in one boot. Restarting amavis by hand resolves the amavis problem.

Is this dependency to dhcbdb normal ? Is this the reason amavis is not running when the boot completes ?

ChM (christophe-meessen)
description: updated
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ChM (christophe-meessen) wrote :

Changing dhcbdb daemon startup order solved the amavis-clamav-spamassassin problem.
It changed it to rc2.d/S24dhcbdb.

I have another ubuntu computer but it doesn't use dhcp, so no problem.
It also has rc2.d/S24dhcbdb

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ChM (christophe-meessen) wrote :

Oops, I ment I changed from rc2.d/S24dhcbdb. to rc2.d/S14dhcbdb.
dhcbdb is started just before ssh

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

dhcpdb is gone in intrepid \o/ ... NM uses dhclient directly now.

Changed in network-manager:
status: New → Invalid
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