Ubuntu 24.04 Problems & Solutions

Problem 1: Slow booting after fresh installation

Problem could be seen when rebooting that Networkd is trying to continuously connect online, however it fails after 2 minutes of wait

Solution:

systemctl edit systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

Add following lines

###Editing /etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.d/override>
###Anything between here and the comment below will become the contents of the>
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --interface=ens33
###Edits below this comment will be discarded

Please note that –interface option should match with your active interfaces which can be seen using the ifconfig command

Problem 2: VMWare Tools setup

By default VMWare tools are not installed inside the VM and requires to install the following

apt install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop

Problem 3: VMWare Display Freeze

If VMWare is freezing Ubuntu 24.04 Display then we need to update drivers

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade