I am having a similar problem in Gutsy. After adding the line "hwaddress ether 01:23:45:67:89:ab" to /etc/network/interfaces and running "sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart", I get the error message "SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy". Commenting out the hwaddress line and adding a pre-up rule as suggested by LKRaider seems to work.
atollic: do you also get the SIOCSIFHWADDR error? Debian bug #224468 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=224468) and Ubuntu bug #150924 may also be related. -- can't set hardware address in /etc/network/interfaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109725 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
