Hi - I'm seeing the same issue with 146-5 here, too:
ip link right after system boots up: 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000 link/ether 00:27:19:cd:2c:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000 link/ether 00:1a:70:14:f8:05 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 4: _rename: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000 link/ether 00:30:f1:1f:a0:2c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: sit0: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0 6: sit3: <POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1280 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/sit 0.0.0.0 peer 10.3.254.3 7: sit2: <POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1280 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/sit 0.0.0.0 peer 10.3.254.6 8: sit1: <POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1280 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/sit 0.0.0.0 peer 10.3.254.28 9: tun0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1456 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 100 link/[65534] 10: tun1: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1456 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 100 link/[65534] 11: tun2: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1456 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 100 link/[65534] ip link after reloading 8139too module (only way to fix it): 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000 link/ether 00:27:19:cd:2c:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000 link/ether 00:1a:70:14:f8:05 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: sit0: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0 6: sit3: <POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1280 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/sit 0.0.0.0 peer 10.3.254.3 7: sit2: <POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1280 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/sit 0.0.0.0 peer 10.3.254.6 8: sit1: <POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1280 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/sit 0.0.0.0 peer 10.3.254.28 12: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000 link/ether 00:30:f1:1f:a0:2c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 13: tun0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1456 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 100 link/[65534] 14: tun1: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1456 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 100 link/[65534] 15: tun2: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1456 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 100 link/[65534] Here's the contents of my /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules: # This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules # program, probably run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules # file. # # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line. # PCI device 0x1317:0x0985 (tulip) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1a:70:14:f8:05", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1" # PCI device 0x10ec:0x8169 (r8169) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:27:19:cd:2c:bd", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth2" # PCI device 0x1113:0x1211 (8139too) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:30:f1:1f:a0:2c", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" I've tried removing the 8139too/eth0 line from 70-persistent-net.rules but it keeps regenerating it, yet I never get an eth0 after a reboot, only a "_rename" interface. - Mark -- Mark Kamichoff p...@prolixium.com http://www.prolixium.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org