[Gllug] HELP Network problem

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at uklinux.net
Sat Apr 22 12:16:37 UTC 2006


On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 12:52:38PM +0100, Ben wrote:
> 
> >OK, that looks highly incriminating.  Seems you have the ifrename tool
> >installed, which means you either have the wireless-tools or ifrename
> >package installed (they are mutually exclusive).  Which is it?  And
> >what, if anything, do you have in /etc/iftab?
> >
> >
> >  
> 
> according to dpkg -l and then an egrep I have neither of the above 
> packages installed.
> 
> confirmed by an apt-cache policy for both.
> 
> I also do not have an iftab.

OK, are you using udev rules to rename interfaces?  Something is messing
with your interface names and udev is the only remaining culprit.


-- 
Bruce

Bitterly it mathinketh me, that I spent mine wholle lyf in the lists
against the ignorant.  -- Roger Bacon, "Doctor Mirabilis"
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