On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:11:57 +0100, Benjamin Schmidt wrote: > If you have udev installed and it recognizes a ethernet adapter with a > unknown mac address, it will assign a new eth*-reference. So maybe you > used a mac changer or some updates deletes a udev specific file. I don't > know. > > The configuration file you need, is: > /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules > > delete the entry with "eth0" and rename the other entry from eth2 to > eth0. Ok, now reboot (or only restart udev, don't know) and you will > have eth0 again.
Somewhat true. Lightning struck and killed the other, same type, NIC. I had shut down and plugged a new one. I wonder how anyone can *not* call this behaviour silly && buggy. :( Thanks anyway, Uwe, deeply disappointed by a stupid crap like this udev behaviour. Who would ever dare to talk about acceptance of Linux as desktop with such useless stuff ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
