On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Philip Webb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Having solved the problem of booting -- thanks for all the advice -- ,
> the next & hopefully remaining obstacle is that Dhcpcd can't find Eth0.
>
> I've used 'lspci | grep Eth', which gives "Realtek Semiconductor
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)",
> so I enabled CONFIG_REALTEK_PHY in the kernel, but no improvement.
> 'syslog' lists "Gigabit Ethernet Driver loading ...
> eth0 : RTL8168e/8111e ... ": do those "e's" make a difference ?
>
> The mobo manual mentions "LAN RJ45" & "PCIe Gigabit LAN";
> a mobo review via Google mentions "LAN: Qualcomm Atheros Gb LAN".
>
> The mobo is P5G41T-M LX PLUS by Asus.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions ?
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
Find the line that includes ( NAME="eth0" ) ... then find the part of
that line that says ATTR{address}=="whatever-your-MAC-address-is", and
change it to reflect the MAC address of your onboard NIC.
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:wq
