On Wed, 01 Dec 2021 19:15:36 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 17:27:32 -0600, Dale wrote: > > > >> What made this affect me, I think the method is different to disable it > >> in udev than it is in eudev. > > net.ifnames=0 works on both udev and eudev, I've had it in my GRUB config > > for years and it needed no changes when switching from eudev to udev. > > > > > > > I'm pretty sure mine is done with a udev rules file. I never had mine > on the kernel line. This is the list of rules files I have: > > > root@fireball / # ls -al /etc/udev/rules.d/ > total 20 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 28 13:29 . > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 28 13:29 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2064 Apr 27 2021 69-libmtp.rules > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1903 Apr 4 2012 70-persistent-cd.rules > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 814 Jan 1 2008 70-persistent-net.rules > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 22 2015 80-net-name-slot.rules > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 27 17:53 .keep_sys-fs_udev-0 > root@fireball / # > > > I can't recall which of the two about net it is tho. Thing is, it seems > to work with eudev but not udev. I'd think it would but based on > experience, it doesn't. I guess if someone is switching a remote > machine, or any machine, and they want to be sure, add the option to the > kernel line to be safe. That may be a more dependable method. > > Either way, at least maybe these threads will help someone else avoid > the problem.
I had this happen to me when I got this box, the 80.rules hack stopped working, and so I gave up and used the "predictable" names. I must have forgotten about the kernel command line parameter at the time. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com