Re: [gentoo-user] mobo replaced; eth0 fails

2011-11-12 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Sat, Nov 12 2011, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:44:16 -0500, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> > Removing it does the same thing. The device file is re-created with >> > the currently probed hardware and indexes start from 0. It's just >> > that most people prefer to just remove it b

Re: [gentoo-user] mobo replaced; eth0 fails

2011-11-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:44:16 -0500, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > Removing it does the same thing. The device file is re-created with > > the currently probed hardware and indexes start from 0. It's just > > that most people prefer to just remove it because it's less typing > > and less prone to err

Re: [gentoo-user] mobo replaced; eth0 fails

2011-11-12 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Sat, Nov 12 2011, Albert W. Hopkins wrote: > On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 21:41 -0500, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> 3. Some advised blowing away .../persistent-net.rules. >> I chose to modify it so that the new device is now eth0 and the >> old >> device is gone. > > Removing it does the same

Re: [gentoo-user] mobo replaced; eth0 fails

2011-11-12 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 21:41 -0500, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > 3. Some advised blowing away .../persistent-net.rules. > I chose to modify it so that the new device is now eth0 and the > old > device is gone. Removing it does the same thing. The device file is re-created with the currently pr

Re: [gentoo-user] mobo replaced; eth0 fails

2011-11-11 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Fri, Nov 11 2011, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > My dell laptop E6510 had its motherboard replaced (as it turned out, for > no good reason) and now the wired ethernet fails. Thank you florian, alan, michael, and mick. This list is one of gentoo's strongest advantages. To summarize the responses and

Re: [gentoo-user] mobo replaced; eth0 fails

2011-11-11 Thread Mick
On Friday 11 Nov 2011 21:12:29 Michael Mol wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:28:26 -0500 > > > > Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> My dell laptop E6510 had its motherboard replaced (as it turned out, > >> for no good reason) and now the wired eth

Re: [gentoo-user] mobo replaced; eth0 fails

2011-11-11 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:28:26 -0500 > Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> My dell laptop E6510 had its motherboard replaced (as it turned out, >> for no good reason) and now the wired ethernet fails. >> >>     ajglap gottlieb # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 re

Re: [gentoo-user] mobo replaced; eth0 fails

2011-11-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:28:26 -0500 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > My dell laptop E6510 had its motherboard replaced (as it turned out, > for no good reason) and now the wired ethernet fails. > > ajglap gottlieb # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart > * Bringing up interface eth0 > * ERROR: int

Re: [gentoo-user] mobo replaced; eth0 fails

2011-11-11 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 11.11.2011 21:28, schrieb Allan Gottlieb: > My dell laptop E6510 had its motherboard replaced (as it turned out, for > no good reason) and now the wired ethernet fails. > > ajglap gottlieb # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart > * Bringing up interface eth0 > * ERROR: interface eth0 do