On 2019-11-30 14:34, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I want to start playing with IPv6 (thanks, Ralph S.) but first I need > to clean up something wrong with my existing IPv4.
> * Bringing down interface eth0 > RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory > Error talking to the kernel Do you mean the bit above? I get that too, and I have been seeing it for as long as I remember - maybe always. I ignore it and nothing bad happens. I have totally different hardware (r8169), and I have the "stable" names on (ahem), so I think neither of those are relevant. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com.