On Tuesday 27 August 2019 17:44:18 David Wright wrote: > On Tue 27 Aug 2019 at 21:39:52 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > On Tue 27 Aug 2019 at 15:50:31 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 27 August 2019 14:58:37 Tyler D wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 2:45 PM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > > > > I've just swapped machines because that failed one got nailed > > > > > by a lightning surge while I was in the shop with a heart > > > > > attack. 3 different psu's didn't restore the green led in a > > > > > decade old dell, so I swapped the whole box except for the HD. > > > > > > > > > > But udevs UN-persistent rules have apparently run out of eth0 > > > > > names, renaming the only ethernet port it has to eth2. So I > > > > > either rename it to eth2 in /e/n/i, or kill the rule that > > > > > advances the name. Since those old dells only come with one > > > > > port, I'd much druther have a fixed name. > > > > > > > > > > What, in wheezy, /lib/udev/rules.d rule do I nuke so eth0 > > > > > remains eth0 regardless of which box I put that drive in? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > I usually just blow away > > > > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to solve stuff like > > > > that... I'm not absolutely sure that's the same in Wheezy > > > > though. > > > > > > I'll do it, but the date on it is today, so I suspect something > > > in /lib/udev/rules.d is behind the re-write. And thats probably > > > where to apply the nuclear option. They really should have > > > renamed it 70-un-persistent-net. T'would have been a much more > > > accurate description. > > > > In spite of posts about it in -user, you are just about clueless > > about status of /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, aren't > > you? > > > > As for wheezy - deary me; we are living in the past. > > Evidently, Gene never got round to writing the script mentioned in: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/05/msg00707.html > which would have cleaned /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > already.
one must have a working network before any such script can be posted. next fictitious request? > Cheers, > David. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
