Perfect, thanks! This worked in an older release, I suppose udev's gotten smarter. I'll update the rule accordingly.
Thanks for your patience/help! ** Description changed: Binary package hint: linux-firmware Upon upgrade of a server running karmic from linux-image-2.6.31-18-generic-pae to linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic-pae, network connectivity was lost. dmesg reports: [ 77.481635] e100 0000:00:07.0: firmware: requesting e100/d101m_ucode.bin [ 137.473940] e100: eth0: e100_request_firmware: Failed to load firmware "e100/d101m_ucode.bin": -2 Googling around showed that the firmware may be missing, or not in the correct location, however it is available in: /lib/firmware/e100/d102e_ucode.bin /lib/firmware/e100/d101s_ucode.bin /lib/firmware/e100/d101m_ucode.bin /lib/firmware/2.6.31-18-generic-pae/e100/d102e_ucode.bin /lib/firmware/2.6.31-18-generic-pae/e100/d101s_ucode.bin /lib/firmware/2.6.31-18-generic-pae/e100/d101m_ucode.bin /lib/firmware/2.6.31-20-generic-pae/e100/d102e_ucode.bin /lib/firmware/2.6.31-20-generic-pae/e100/d101s_ucode.bin /lib/firmware/2.6.31-20-generic-pae/e100/d101m_ucode.bin downgrading to 2.6.31-18 or earlier did not resolve the problem. As a workaround, I added another network card and reassigned the static ip to the new network card. aus...@server1:/$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 aus...@server1:/$ apt-cache policy linux-firmware linux-firmware: - Installed: 1.26 - Candidate: 1.26 - Version table: - *** 1.26 0 - 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages - 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-proposed/main Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - 1.24 0 - 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages + Installed: 1.26 + Candidate: 1.26 + Version table: + *** 1.26 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-proposed/main Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 1.24 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages -- e100: eth0: e100_request_firmware: Failed to load firmware "e100/d101m_ucode.bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs