Just though I would add a comment that I am also seeing this behaviour. It (might) be related to having a "post-up" command attached to the ethernet configuration. Here is my interfaces file: xfers ~ # cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto bond0 iface bond0 inet static address 172.16.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 172.16.1.255 network 172.16.1.0 gateway 172.16.1.1 dns-nameservers 10.0.0.120 10.0.1.120 dns-search mps.lan wilts.mps.lan dns-domain mps.lan bond-slaves none bond_mode 802.3ad bond_miimon 40 bond_lacp_rate 1 bond_use_carrier 1 post-up /usr/local/sbin/check-bond.sh $IFACE pre-down /usr/local/sbin/check-bond.sh stop $IFACE ## ftp.mps.lan - for internal access up ip addr add 172.16.1.20/24 dev $IFACE ## ftp-sohonet.mps.lan - for FTP/Aspera Connect over Sohonet up ip addr add 172.16.1.21/24 dev $IFACE ## ftp-abovenet-7a.mps.lan - for FTP/Aspera Connect over the Abovenet 7A link up ip addr add 172.16.1.22/24 dev $IFACE ## ftp-abovenet-7a.mps.lan - for FTP/Aspera Connect over the Abovenet 7B link up ip addr add 172.16.1.23/24 dev $IFACE ## faspex-sohonet.mps.lan - for FASPEX over Sohonet up ip addr add 172.16.1.24/24 dev $IFACE ## faspex-sohonet.mps.lan - for FASPEX over the Abovenet 7A link up ip addr add 172.16.1.25/24 dev $IFACE ## faspex-sohonet.mps.lan - for FASPEX over the Abovenet 7B link up ip addr add 172.16.1.26/24 dev $IFACE # Slave Definition for bond0 auto eth2 iface eth2 inet manual bond-master bond0 bond-primary eth2 eth3 auto eth3 iface eth3 inet manual bond-master bond0 bond-primary eth2 eth3 If I comment out my post-up line, I appear to get a reliable network interface brought up at boot time, however, with the post-up line enabled, I often see one of the slaves fail on boot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996369 Title: bond slave interface sometimes does not come up on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/996369/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs