Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Machination

2013-01-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-01-01 7:55 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 6:50 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: So now that only one ethernet shows up, how do I prevent udev from renaming eth0 to eth3? Check /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. Probably the old

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Machination

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2013-01-01 7:55 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 6:50 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: So now that only one ethernet shows up, how do I prevent udev from renaming eth0

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Machination

2013-01-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-01-02 10:24 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: I once had an onboard NIC go bad, and the PCI NIC I substituted for it wouldn't work unless the onboard NIC was disabled. So disabling onboard hardware may or may not be a net positive. ? That was confusing - unless you actually

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Machination

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2013-01-02 10:24 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: I once had an onboard NIC go bad, and the PCI NIC I substituted for it wouldn't work unless the onboard NIC was disabled. So disabling onboard hardware may

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Machination

2013-01-01 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 6:50 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, Background: I have a gentoo system with a fried ethernet (interface) on an older motherboard. I installed a pci ethernet card that works fine for years. Lately, udev and the myriad of related upgrades, have made it

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Machination

2013-01-01 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 4:50 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: SNIP So now that only one ethernet shows up, how do I prevent udev from renaming eth0 to eth3? Probably remove any net-persistent rules that are hanging around. That should free up udev to do more of what you suspect. HTH,