Hi Gabor, Your answer solved the problem. "ip link list" showed the second NIC as "eth7", and I could configure and use it correctly.
So, it was not an amd64 porting issue, sorry for posting to the wrong list. Thanks, Pedro On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:26:34PM +0100, Gabor Gombas wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 08:50:06AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: > > > if fails with the following message: > > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > > eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > > SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device > > Probably udev renamed the interfaces trying to maintain persistent > interface names. Run "ifconfig -a" or "ip link list" to see the existing > interface names. > > > The only situation that "ifconfig" sets up correctly is with one > > 3com905 NIC plugged into PCI slot, when there are two nics, none work. > > So probably udev gave the name "eth0" to that particular 3com905 NIC, > and the others are named eth1, eth2 and so on. The upside is when you > install the same card the second time it will get the same name as > before. > > Gabor > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------- > MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute > Hungarian Academy of Sciences > --------------------------------------------------------- > -- .''`. Pedro Zorzenon Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : Debian GNU/Linux | GNU/Hurd: <http://www.debian.org> `. `'` Debian BR: <http://debian-br.alioth.debian.org> `- Be Happy! Be FREE! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
