-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/22/08 07:50, kj wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just updated an Etch server to linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7 (from -5-) and > after a reboot network won't come up. The network card is an Intel > 100mbit, uses the e100 driver. The driver loads, but trying to bring > eth0 up gives me a "does not exist" error. > > After much back and forth fiddling and replacing the card without any > luck, I remembered this has happened before, and by accident I found out > the previous time that the interface number has changed. So I checked. > Sure as bob, it was now eth4... > > Why does this happen? I imagine there's some of caching of the MAC > address going on, and I'm worried this might expire at some point.
Look in /etc/udev/persistent-net-generator.rules and the file it generates, /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules. > Another thing I noticed, while trying all sorts of things. I could not > get the e100 driver to load with any options. I tried > eeprom_bad_csum_allow=1 and debug=16 and it simply did not happen. > > This just adds to another problem I have with e100, on my workstation, > where it sees only one of two identical cards, forcing me to use > eepro100 for the second. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA ESPN makes baseball players better. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFINW7RS9HxQb37XmcRAuHxAJ9WDxUaX3g99eAmRztZGgdjEFgJXgCgol2X 4fjQAYjWmsKhA48lice/qrA= =4e5q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
