ok, back to networkmanager, enabled systemd-networkd and timesyncd. Still hang. nsswitch.conf contains: passwd: compat sss group: compat sss hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns wins networks: files dns services: files protocols: files rpc: files ethers: files netmasks: files netgroup: files publickey: files bootparams: files automount: files nis aliases: files I tend to give up on this issue. If no one else can reproduce it, it's probably something wrong on my system only and I don't want to waste your time debugging my system.