On Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:49:59 -0500 "Matt Connell (Gmail)" <matthewdconn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you have a Gentoo machine running on Linode, take care to note that > the eudev => udev changeover requires some manual intervention before > the next reboot. > > You will need to DISABLE the network autoconfiguration option for the > VM, and edit /etc/conf.d/net to specify the new, 'predictable' network > interface name. This is because Linode's network autoconfigurator is > hard-coded to generate a configuration using the traditional style of > network interface names, eg. eth0 > > Alternatively, you can make whatever changes are required to have the > system enumerate the network interfaces with the old style names. > > If you do neither of those things, you will need to use the rescue > console in order to log into the machine and fix your network > configuration, as the system will not be able to bring up the network > on its next boot. Ask me how I learned this. > > I honestly was afraid of this with running some updates lately. Like... Not this specifically, but because someone was commenting about eudev->udev causing problems... And then the problems I was having a hard time with some updates on a relatively new instance, and I noticed that was something that needed to be done for Gentoo purposes... They do seem to be doing *somewhat* better for having Gentoo workable than when I started looking at using them in part because of that (yeah I know it's not recommended, and I don't really recommend it for anyone else, but it's what I like).
