> > > I just finished installing my new 2.6.1 kernel, and it broke my > > > ethernet card configuration or something. Eth0 failed to go up on > > > start, and ifconfig eth0 up shows this: > > > eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > > > > Your driver is probably compiled as a module and the kernel does not > > load it at network configuration time. > > > > I have the same issue and haven't found any solution up to now. > > If that is the problem, you should create an alias for your network > card module in '/etc/modeprobe.d/aliases' or a file with such alias > line into on /etc/modeprobe.d/ directory.
Ok. I was mistakely using /etc/modutils/aliases. With it, update-modules creates the actual alias in /etc/modules.conf which, if I understand correctly, is no longer read by modprobe. Thx. -- Eric
