Re: [gentoo-user] udev: renaming eth0 to eth1 ???

[Dale]

Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com>  wrote:
>
>> The reason I know this, I have three ethernet cards on my rig.  I replaced
>> one of them and it was a mess.  They were laid out as 2, 3 then 1 and it
>> took me a while to figure out which is which.  I deleted the rules file and
>> restarted udev and the first one was 1 and so on.
>>
> Because of situations like yours I think it's better to suggest
> editing the file to change/delete the affected devices rather than
> suggesting to delete the whole thing (though that may depend on the
> user's skill level).
>
> Maybe there are other nics in the machine that are fine and don't need
> to be changed, maybe they will auto-detect in a different order than
> before, perhaps they've been moved around slots, and blowing away the
> whole config might lead to other confusion later on when eth0 is fixed
> but now eth1 and eth2 have been reversed, or whatever.
>
> But I am a pessimist. :)
>
>

Well, it has been recommended here many times.  Someone posted a udev 
problem just a bit ago.  If I were the poster, I would reemerge udev and 
reboot.  If it still has problems, I would emerge a older version, 
delete the udev rules and reboot.

Unless you know what goes in those udev files, removing them is the 
simplest way.  When udev restarts, it will generate those files in a 
flash.  Keep in mind, when you shut down, udev removes most everything 
in /dev too unless you have it set to save them.

Also, I posted here on how to fix my little naming problem.  I was told 
to delete the files and reboot.  That's how I know it is safe to remove 
them.  Can a person just edit them sure.  Why tho?

Dale

:-)  :-)