Miles Fidelman wrote: > H.S. wrote: >>>> Is udev giving your interface a new name (ethx instead of, say eth0)? >>>> >>> how would I check that, and why would it just start doing that? >>> >>> >> >> You could just list the devices: >> $> /sbin/ifconfig -a >> >> and ensure you have the correctly named eth device(s). And perhaps >> verify their mac addresses. >> >> Why does it change? I am not sure, but I have had to face this kind of >> problem in the past a few times, usually following a kernel upgrade or >> udev upgrade or by chaning the network hardware. >> >> > well it sure seems like the interface is now coming up with the name > eth3 - when I change the line in /etc/network/interfaces to read eth3, > all comes up - but this is sure weird > > I haven't really done anything to change things. > > Miles >
Check the file: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules You may need to remove some lines from there or change the interface names to the ones you want. Regards. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
