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# failsafe

description "Failsafe Boot Delay"
author "Clint Byrum <clint@ubuntu.com>"

start on filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=lo
stop on static-network-up or starting rc-sysinit

emits failsafe-boot

console output

script
	# Determine if plymouth is available
	if [ -x /bin/plymouth ] && /bin/plymouth --ping ; then
		PLYMOUTH=/bin/plymouth
	else
		PLYMOUTH=":"
	fi

    # The point here is to wait for 2 minutes before forcibly booting 
    # the system. Anything that is in an "or" condition with 'started 
    # failsafe' in rc-sysinit deserves consideration for mentioning in
    # these messages. currently only static-network-up counts for that.

	sleep 20

    # Plymouth errors should not stop the script because we *must* reach
    # the end of this script to avoid letting the system spin forever
    # waiting on it to start.
	$PLYMOUTH message --text="Waiting for network configuration..." || :
	sleep 40

	$PLYMOUTH message --text="Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration..." || :
	sleep 59
	$PLYMOUTH message --text="Booting system without full network configuration..." || :

    # give user 1 second to see this message since plymouth will go
    # away as soon as failsafe starts.
	sleep 1
    exec initctl emit --no-wait failsafe-boot
end script

post-start exec	logger -t 'failsafe' -p daemon.warning "Failsafe of 120 seconds reached."