Re: udev being an ass
On Tuesday 27 August 2019 14:58:37 Tyler D wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 2:45 PM Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> >
> > I've just swapped machines because that failed one got nailed by a
> > lightning surge while I was in the shop with a heart attack. 3
> > different psu's didn't restore the green led in a decade old dell,
> > so I swapped the whole box except for the HD.
> >
> > But udevs UN-persistent rules have apparently run out of eth0 names,
> > renaming the only ethernet port it has to eth2. So I either rename
> > it to eth2 in /e/n/i, or kill the rule that advances the name.
> > Since those old dells only come with one port, I'd much druther have
> > a fixed name.
> >
> > What, in wheezy, /lib/udev/rules.d rule do I nuke so eth0 remains
> > eth0 regardless of which box I put that drive in?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > --
> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law
> > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis
> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
>
> I usually just blow away /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to
> solve stuff like that... I'm not absolutely sure that's the same in
> Wheezy though.
I'll do it, but the date on it is today, so I suspect something
in /lib/udev/rules.d is behind the re-write. And thats probably where
to apply the nuclear option. They really should have renamed it
70-un-persistent-net. T'would have been a much more accurate
description.
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
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