Hi, what happened to network devices like /dev/eth0?
cat:~# dhcp_probe -f /dev/eth0 note: starting, version 1.3.0 error: dhcp_probe: bad interface '/dev/eth0': SIOCGIFADDR: /dev/eth0: No such device note: exiting cat:~# find / -name eth0 /proc/irq/20/eth0 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/eth0 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0 /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:05:00.0/0000:06:04.0/net/eth0 /sys/class/net/eth0 cat:~# ls -l /sys/class/net/eth0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-05-24 10:12 /sys/class/net/eth0 -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:05:00.0/0000:06:04.0/net/eth0 cat:~# ls -l /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:05:00.0/0000:06:04.0/net/eth0 total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-24 10:12 address -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-24 10:12 addr_len -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-29 00:16 broadcast -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-29 00:16 carrier lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-05-29 00:16 device -> ../../../../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:05:00.0/0000:06:04.0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-29 00:16 dormant -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-29 00:16 features -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-24 10:12 flags -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-24 10:12 ifindex -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-29 00:16 iflink -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-29 00:16 link_mode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-29 00:16 mtu -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-29 00:16 operstate drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2009-05-29 00:15 statistics lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-05-24 10:12 subsystem -> ../../../../../../../class/net -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-29 00:16 tx_queue_len -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-24 10:12 type -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2009-05-24 10:12 uevent cat:~# This is utterly retarded :( Which one is "/dev/eth0"? What is one supposed to use when typing commands or in scripts to specify "/dev/eth0"? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
