Changing network interface names is handled by the file: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
What do you have in this file? - Martin - -- Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions. -- Agent Brown ( The Matrix 1999 ) On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Kizito Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > It is there Martin but in a confusing place, I had also thought it > wasn't there but finally saw it! > -- > Kind regards; > KTM > +256752602550||+256782062708 > "Mother of God-Pray for us sinners" > > > On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 11:52 +0300, Martin Atukunda wrote: > > you need an 'auto eth1' line in /etc/interfaces > > > > > > -- > > Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions. > > > > -- Agent Brown ( The Matrix 1999 ) > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Kizito Thomas <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > from your /etc/networks/interfaces, I can see that there is > > something > > (funny) renaming your eth1 to eth2 and this will not allow it > > to work. > > It is important to know whether eth0 is working fine.Since it > > is a LAN > > card, I think you can check whether pinging 192.168.0.254 from > > the LAN > > computers will yield results. Right now I cannot guess > > off-head what is > > doing the renaming the NiC card from eth1 to eth2 right now > > but I think > > I can get some time on it but from your side, you should try > > to look at > > the line # [ 11.671418] udevd[441]: renamed network > > interface eth1 to > > eth2#. As a question, why do you put your DNS configs in the > > interface > > file? Thought that info is supposed to be in the resolv.conf > > file? yet > > more, the interface file is still confusing although this > > cannot stop it > > from working, but I think the properties of eth0 should be > > under auto > > eth0 and those of eth1 should go under auto eth1 not vice > > versa. > > -- > > Kind regards; > > KTM > > +256752602550||+256782062708 > > "Mother of God-Pray for us sinners" > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 10:11 +0300, Muganwa Michael wrote: > > > Hi Thomas, > > > > > > below is the output for dmesg > > > > > > root@(none):~# dmesg |grep eth > > > [ 0.153799] HP Compaq Laptop series board detected. > > Selecting > > > BIOS-method for reboots. > > > [ 0.280509] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed > > > [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f54261e0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS > > > (20110623/psparse-536) > > > [ 0.280528] ACPI: Marking method _OSC as Serialized > > because of > > > AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error > > > [ 0.285444] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed > > > [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f54261e0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS > > > (20110623/psparse-536) > > > [ 0.285624] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed > > > [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f54261e0), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS > > > (20110623/psparse-536) > > > [ 0.299126] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy > > suspend method > > > [ 0.299131] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy > > resume method > > > [ 1.366562] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 > > [partno(BCM95751) rev > > > 4001] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:17:a4:19:c3:46 > > > [ 1.366572] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5750 > > > (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0]) > > > [ 1.366580] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] > > LinkChgREG[0] > > > MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] > > > [ 1.366587] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] > > > dma_mask[64-bit] > > > [ 1.417492] skge 0000:05:09.0: eth1: addr > > 00:19:5b:fa:b0:a8 > > > [ 10.802497] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > > > [ 10.802513] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready > > > [ 11.475544] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > > > [ 11.671418] udevd[441]: renamed network interface eth1 to > > eth2 > > > [ 13.179068] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 > > Mbps, full > > > duplex > > > [ 13.179074] tg3 0000:40:00.0: eth0: Flow control is off > > for TX and > > > off for RX > > > [ 13.179224] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes > > ready > > > [ 23.648123] eth0: no IPv6 routers present > > > root@(none):~# > > > > > > > > > and /etc/network/interfaces reads > > > > > > root@(none):~# cat /etc/network/interfaces > > > > > > > > > auto lo > > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > > > # The LAN network interface > > > auto eth1 > > > iface eth0 inet static > > > address 192.168.0.254 > > > network 192.168.0.0 > > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > > > > > dns-nameservers 41.202.229.140 41.202.229.144 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > # The INTERNET interface > > > auto eth0 > > > iface eth1 inet static > > > address 1**.1**.*.**2 > > > netmask 255.255.255.252 > > > gateway 1**.1**.**.*** > > > broadcast 1**.1**.**.255 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > Michael Muganwa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Kizito Thomas > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > How does the /etc/network/interfaces read? How about > > dmesg in > > > particular > > > greping 'eth' > > > -- > > > Kind regards; > > > KTM > > > +256752602550||+256782062708 > > > "Mother of God-Pray for us sinners" > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 09:05 +0300, Muganwa Michael > > wrote: > > > > Good morning colleagues, > > > > > > > > I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I have > > this > > > gateway running > > > > ubuntu 12.04 that has been working well for a > > couple of > > > months but > > > > yesterday,I got to office and its DLINK PCI > > ethernet card > > > was down. I > > > > restarted the server and the interface came up but > > six hours > > > later it > > > > did the same thing. I restarted it again but this > > time it > > > didnt come > > > > up. I entered "sudo ifconfig eth1 up" but it said > > device not > > > found. I > > > > then did an "lshw -c network" and it shows that > > that device > > > is > > > > disabled plus its logical name has changed from > > eth1 to > > > eth2. Any help > > > > is appreciated. By the way,I opened the machine > > up,made sure > > > the card > > > > was firm in its slot and reset the bios but all > > that didnt > > > help > > > > either. The output for the two command is pasted > > below > > > > > > > > > > > > root@(none):~# ifconfig eth1 up > > > > eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such > > device > > > > root@(none):~# ping www.yahoo.com > > > > ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com > > > > root@(none):~# lshw -c network > > > > *-network > > > > description: Ethernet interface > > > > product: NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet > > PCI > > > Express > > > > vendor: Broadcom Corporation > > > > physical id: 0 > > > > bus info: pci@0000:40:00.0 > > > > logical name: eth0 > > > > version: 01 > > > > serial: 00:17:a4:19:c3:46 > > > > size: 100Mbit/s > > > > capacity: 1Gbit/s > > > > width: 64 bits > > > > clock: 33MHz > > > > capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress > > bus_master > > > cap_list > > > > ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd > > 1000bt > > > 1000bt-fd > > > > autonegotiation > > > > configuration: autonegotiation=on > > broadcast=yes > > > driver=tg3 > > > > driverversion=3.121 duplex=full > > firmware=5751-v3.29a > > > ip=192.168.0.254 > > > > latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair > > > speed=100Mbit/s > > > > resources: irq:17 memory:f0400000-f040ffff > > > > *-network DISABLED > > > > description: Ethernet interface > > > > product: DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter > > (rev 11) > > > > vendor: D-Link System Inc > > > > physical id: 9 > > > > bus info: pci@0000:05:09.0 > > > > logical name: eth2 > > > > version: 11 > > > > serial: 00:19:5b:fa:b0:a8 > > > > capacity: 1Gbit/s > > > > width: 32 bits > > > > clock: 66MHz > > > > capabilities: pm vpd bus_master cap_list > > rom ethernet > > > physical > > > > tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd > > > autonegotiation > > > > configuration: autonegotiation=on > > broadcast=yes > > > driver=skge > > > > driverversion=1.14 firmware=N/A latency=32 link=no > > > maxlatency=31 > > > > mingnt=23 multicast=yes port=twisted pair > > > > resources: irq:18 memory:f0500000-f0503fff > > > > ioport:3000(size=256) memory:60000000-6001ffff > > > > root@(none):~# > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Michael Muganwa > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing > > e-mails to: > > > [email protected] > > > > Mailing list archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > Mailing list settings: > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted > > by INFOCOM: > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever > > posted them > > > (including attachments if any). 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