On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 08:34:31PM +0200, Kum Gabor wrote: > On Saturday 10 May 2008 12:23, thveillon.debian wrote: > > Kum Gabor a ??crit : > > > I need a little help with setting up a new network card: > > > I changed mainboard in my computer, and I have new integrated network > > > card, works with forcedeth module, but I don't know how to set up. > > > I tried modprobe forcedeth, but not appears eth0. > > > Can somebody help me, what should I do? > > > Distro is Etch. > > > > What does /sbin/ifconfig -a says about the interface ? > > > > Did you use a fresh install or a previously installed system, if it's > > not a clean install the "eth0" identifier can be retained by some udev > > rule in* */etc/udev/rules.d/yx_persistent-net.rules where "yx" are > > random numbers. Interface names are associated with MAC addresses and > > not released when the interface is gone* *unless the rule is erased or > > changed. > Found eth6 device! I changed name in udev and now works perfectly!
FYI, you didn't need to change udev, you could have just changed /etc/network/interfaces to use eth6 instead of eth0. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
