On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:09:11 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote:
... > If there is no other interface shown, look for a file in /etc/udev/rules.d > that has "persistent-net.rules" in it. The actual file name is > dependent on the architecture and the release of Debian. Look in this > file. You should see information for both interfaces in it, including > the MAC addresses. This can happen, for example, if a motherboard > containing a built-in ethernet adapter goes bad and has to be replaced. > The new motherboard has an ethernet adapter with a different MAC > address than the old one. > > If this is the case, and the machine really has only one ethernet > adapter, erase the file, shutdown and reboot. The file will be > recreated upon reboot and eth0 will be assigned to the one and only > MAC address that can be found during boot. No need to erase the whole file, or to shutdown / reboot (assuming the relevant driver is built as a module). As I note here, just comment out the relevant line, and then unload and reload the relevant kernel module. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/01/msg01486.html Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
