On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:35:48 -0400 "H.S." <hs.sa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > Delete the entire file. It will be recreated, correctly, when you start up again. -- Raquel http://www.byraquel.com ============================================================ The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back. --Abigail van Buren -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
