On 7/10/07, Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Network cards are assigned persistent names the first time they are > inserted, and they keep that name forever after unless you manually > modify /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (gutsy onwards) or > /etc/iftab (feisty and before).
Forgive my ignorance, but if the names are persistant forever, if you're booting a laptop, it will reuse existing IDs, correct? That was my understanding from your previous message. If this is the case, could the event of detecting a brand new card include logging that the new card was assigned as ethX? That was what I recommended in my last note, but I'm not sure if that's somehow impossible, since your below note wasn't about that: > This is correct behaviour; since most modern laptops have two cards, the > suggested log message would be output every time on boot anyway as the > cards swap name I think the situation I reported (moving or duplicating an install to new HW and everything works except for ethernet) is common enough that, if at all possible, I'd suggest we can't just leave them to try and puzzle it out without a warning message that their "new" ethernet card was assigned eth1. ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix > > -- > Dapper doesn't report iftab MAC address error > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/53936 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Dapper doesn't report iftab MAC address error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/53936 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
