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Re: Where did my eth0 go?



On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:14 AM, widux <widux@web.de> wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 29. März 2009 11:05:10 schrieb Magnus Therning:
>> After being away on holiday for 3 weeks I ran a major "apt-get update"
>> on my (amd64) Sid system this morning. After the update I rebooted
>> and noticed that my eth0 is gone. Here's what I see when run
>> "/etc/init.d/networking restart" (minus the DHCP copyright notice):
>>
>> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
>> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>> Bind socket to interface: No such device
>> Failed to bring up eth0.
>> done.
>>
>> I installed "discover" and saw eth0 come back, but go away at the next
>> reboot again, not to be seen again.
>>
>> I've checked that the correct kernel module for the network card is
>> loaded (e1000e).
>>
>> How do I get my eth0 back again?
>>
>> /M
>>
>> --
>> Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4)
>> magnus@therning.org Jabber: magnus@therning.org
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> Hi,
>
> I read about this issue on sid systems in the sidux forums - seems that it
> is caused by udev in the last dist-upgrade:
> http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-15382.html
> I do not know if this helps you...

That seems to do the trick indeed.

/M

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Magnus Therning                        (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4)
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