[Failed] failed to start Raise network interfaces.

[tired-owl]

Edit: I found the solution, but I don't know why it worked if anyone can explain why this solution worked, I would be grateful. I'm interested in learning. I'm going to be reading this forum post to figure out why it worked.

from https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/448291

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    Just putting a #

    in front of source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* in the /etc/network/interfaces file, so it doesn't reference the /interfaces.d/setup file solved it for me. Everything working fine. The solution is kinda logical.

--these commands are from my computer---

This is the output of cat /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto etho0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

This is the output of cat /etc/network/interfaces

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#this file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate the,/ for more information, see interfaces(5)
#sources /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

#the loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inter loopback

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I get this error while booting

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[Failed] failed to start Raise network interfaces.
see 'systemctl status networking.services' for details. 

When I run the above command (systemctl status networking.services) I get

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networking.service - Raise network interfaces
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/networking.service; enabled; vendor preset; enabled)
Active: failed (result: exit-code) since Thus 2021  *the rest here is just the date*
Docs: man:interfaces(5)
Process:790 ExecStart=/sbin/ifup -a --read-environment (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 790(code=exited, status =1/FAILURE)

This is a fresh install of debian stable on a desktop pc. My guess is the networking module is failing to load.
My internet works with the Ethernet cable, If anyone knows how to fix this error, and could help me, it would be greatly appreacited, Thank you.


I don't know if this is helpful, but I did find someone with a similar error https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... interfaces

[p.H]

/etc/network/interfaces.d/setup is bogus. Just remove it instead of messing with defaults in /etc/network/interfaces.
I have seen several reports about this file but don't know yet what creates it. I have never seen it on any of my Debian installations.
Could you tell us how exactly you installed Debian ?
Which version and architecture did you install ?
What ISO image did you use ?
Did you use the classic Debian installer (from boot) or the Calamares installer (from a live session) ?
What options did you select in "select and install software" (tasksel) ? Which desktop environment did you install ?

[CwF]

/etc/network/interfaces.d/setup is bogus.

This is a perfectly valid file, if the OP created it...!
Do remove the duplicate defaults, only mention additions.
No package I know of creates it. If it is chosen not to have any network manager type packages installed then this is the proper place for network configuration created by the user.

From interfaces(5)
" By default, on a freshly installed Debian system, the interfaces file includes a line to source files in the /etc/network/interfaces.d directory."

[p.H]

This is a perfectly valid file, if the OP created it

No it is not valid as this system has no "eth0" interface, and the OP did not create it.
As I wrote, this file happens to be present with these exact name and contents on some systems after installation. I strongly doubt that multiple unrelated users had the same stupid idea and created the exact same file.

[CwF]

This is the output of cat /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto etho0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

There are errors there... Is there an "etho0", no. Is there an "eth0" maybe!
Check the actual interface name and edit correctly

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allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

crossposted edit, yes p.H. I saw that and didn't grab it, not on screen, argh, went back to quote..

[CwF]

As I wrote, this file happens to be present with these exact name and contents on some systems after installation

I see, I did not know this. So there is an erroneous install script somewhere.

[p.H]

I guess that "etho0" is a typo in the post.

[tired-owl]

Sorry for the late response.

Could you tell us how exactly you installed Debian ?

debian live 10.7.0 xfce live image, I used graphical install. I checked the hash and gpg signature of the iso. It's an older image, I flashed it around february or march.

Which version and architecture did you install ?

debian stable. The architecture is amd64, a desktop pc.

What options did you select in "select and install software" (tasksel) ?

It didn't let me choose, this was from a xfce live debian image, so it installed xfce automatically.

I did not create /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup

I ran the command dpkg -S /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup and got

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dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup

I guess that "etho0" is a typo in the post.

It is, I'm sorry for the typo I made, the output of cat /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup is

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

[tired-owl]

Did you use the classic Debian installer (from boot) or the Calamares installer (from a live session) ?

classic graphical installer from boot. Although it's from a live image of debian.


I also installed firmware-linux-nonfree, I don't know if that package has anything to do with this.

I have a separate install of debian stable on this machine, from 2 years ago on a separate drive. I checked and the file /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup doesn't exist. The installer I used for that old debian install is a debian 10.0.0 iso.This file might be something created from the debian 10.7.0 xfce live installer.


What fix would you recommend? should I delete /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup

or

Check the actual interface name and edit correctly

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

[CwF]

or

Check the actual interface name and edit correctly

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

the file could be setup.conf or eth0.conf, it does need the .conf part.
Substitute eth0 with it's actual name in both lines.
To check the name, renaming, ask as root, or sudo

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#  dmesg | grep eth
[    3.718939] igb 0000:06:00.0: added PHC on eth0
[    3.718943] igb 0000:06:00.0: eth0: (PCIe:5.0Gb/s:Width x4)
[    3.719017] igb 0000:06:00.0: eth0: PBA No: 050000-000
[    3.776221] igb 0000:06:00.1: added PHC on eth1
[    3.776227] igb 0000:06:00.1: eth1: (PCIe:5.0Gb/s:Width x4)
[    3.776304] igb 0000:06:00.1: eth1: PBA No: 050000-000
[    3.778356] igb 0000:06:00.1 Glan: renamed from eth1
[    3.883926] igb 0000:06:00.0 Wlan: renamed from eth0

The last is the name in use, in this case Wlan. There should be persistent naming in effect and a line renaming to enosp123 or whatever. Kernel naming in effect results in no changes, so eth0 is eth0. Or in my example a user rule in effect to rename.
So,

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:/etc/network/interfaces.d$ cat eth0.conf
# eth0  enp5s0f0 renamed
allow-hotplug Wlan
iface Wlan inet dhcp

[p.H]

What fix would you recommend? should I delete /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup

Yes, delete it. If the network works, some other network manager is installed (usually NetworkManager or Wicd, depending on the installed destktop environment) and you don't need this file.

To check the name, renaming, ask as root, or sudo

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#  dmesg | grep eth

Seriously ? Why not just run "ip link" (which unambigously show current interface names and does not require root privileges) ?

[CwF]

Seriously ?

Sure, I thought it would be nice to show any renaming sequence in a clean way.
ip link is a mess of extra junk.
Also, it's good to not be afraid of root, especially in xfce.
Oh well.

[Bloom]

LAN or WLAN interface:

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ip link|grep -vE 'lo|virbr'|grep default|cut -d':' -f 2|sed 's/^ *//g'

[tired-owl]

It works! Thank you very much for explaining the process, I deleted /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup, the bogus config file and created a new one with my device name.

setup.conf in the directory etc/network/interfaces.d/with

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allow-hotplug *my device name here* 
iface *my device name here* inet dhcp

reebooted, and the network module loads!

I also obviously removed the commented code

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#sources /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

from /etc/network/interfaces

[CwF]

reebooted, and the network module loads!

.

Yah! kinda...

I'm not perfectly clear what you did, but ok...
/etc/network/interfaces should be unaltered. As a package file it may update and wipe out your settings, likely not.

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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

the line: source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* will load *.conf files if present.
Your settings should go there in a file named
/etc/network/interfaces.d/whatever.conf

[tired-owl]

Yes that's essentially what I did. In addition originally I had commented out a part of /etc/network/interfaces

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#this file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate the,/ for more information, see interfaces(5)
#sources /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

#the loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inter loopback

but now I removed it so it's

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#this file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate the,/ for more information, see interfaces(5)
sources /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

#the loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inter loopback

[p.H]

/etc/network/interfaces should be unaltered. As a package file it may update and wipe out your settings

No, /etc/network/interfaces is not a package file, not even a conffile of the package "ifupdown" (which installs the "networking" service and uses /etc/network/interfaces), so user changes won't be wiped out by a package update. You can check with

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dpkg -S /etc/network/interfaces
dpkg -s ifupdown

So there is absolutely no valid reason to not use it for user-defined network settings. /etc/network/interfaces.d/ is provided mostly for packages so that they can add extra network settings without modifying /etc/network/interfaces.

the line: source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* will load *.conf files if present.

No, it will load any file present in /etc/network/interfaces.d/*. As a proof, /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup (which does not end in .conf) was loaded and caused the error.

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#this file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate the,/ for more information, see interfaces(5)
sources /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

#the loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inter loopback

This quote contains multiple typo's (the,/, sources, inter). I cannot believe this is the original /etc/network/interfaces. Did you copy it by hand ?

[CwF]

so user changes won't be wiped out by a package update

ya, said likely not...facility is there for a user file, I simply recommend using it. It is not a *user* file none the less. Without a way, sure, mod it all you want - be tidy and put all the mods in there, or clutter up the .d directory with eth99 rules all separate! I thought I have seen a *.conf preference somewhere, maybe just my preference to help me distinguish *.link files in me notes.

Did you copy it by hand ?

I did not, amazing, not sure what happened? ...couple of distraction going on, sorry...this is a typo thread...sorry tired-owl, apparently me too!
Original dated 5/7/2016

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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

hmmm, I obviously bumped some keys, it actually came though the spice channel from another computer! Let's see, 11/7/2016 on this computer, same contents, my bad!
Sorry to get your autochecker into overdrive! It does matter!

[CwF]

Wow, I should slow down...the mistaken typo wasn't mine....I missed that...

[tired-owl]

I did type it by hand, sorry for the typos in the config file....

for clearing things up my /etc/network/interfaces is

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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Next time I'll make sure to copy it over instead of typing it by hand, I'm writing this from a separate computer. It's definitely important to have the correct information.