On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 14:54 +0100, Franck Joncourt wrote: > On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 02:19:20PM +0100, David Fokkema wrote: > > Hi group, > > Hi, > <snip> > > Take a look here : > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=403706
Thanks! That was insightful. > The following commands are your friends : > # ip link > or > # ifconfig -a I fail to see what the former can tell me other than what netstat -ie can, for example... > If you can see an interface names as ethX_rename or something like that, > it means udev mess it up. You can fix it, by writing udev rules. This is > the way I do to ensure my interfaces get the right name. Nope, everythings ok there. > By the way, you can see the name supply by udev : > > <<<<<<<<<<< > sid:/var/lib# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_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. > > # Firewire device 0011d80000b05f6c (ohci1394) > SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", > ATTRS{address}=="00:11:d8:00:00:b0:5f:6c", NAME="eth0" > > # PCI device 0x10de:0x0373 (forcedeth) > #SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:17:31:a4:0b:4e", > NAME="eth1" > > # PCI device 0x10de:0x0373 (forcedeth) > #SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:17:31:a3:ff:31", > NAME="eth2" > > # PCI device 0x1113:0x1211 (8139too) > #SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:10:b5:e1:5c:e5", > NAME="eth3" > > # PCI device 0x10ec:0x8139 (8139too) > #SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:08:a1:96:82:35", > NAME="eth4" > <<<<<<<<< Yes, I have a similar file. > > Hope it helps. > It does, thank you. I will add 'auto' lines next to the 'allow-hotplug' lines in my config. Still leaves me with one question: how do I figure out which daemon/script brings up my interfaces at what time? Thanks, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]