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On Saturday 06 Apr 2013 20:03:15 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> Am 06.04.2013 17:57, schrieb Alan Mackenzie: |
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> > Hi, Nick. |
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> > |
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> > On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 10:51:42AM -0400, Nick Khamis wrote: |
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> >> After updating our systems we lost network connectivity to the |
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> >> servers. When trying to start net.eth0 we got the following message: |
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> >> /ib64/rc/net/wpa_supplicant.sh: line 68: _is wireless command not found |
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> >> /etc/init.d/net.eth0: line 548: _exists command not found |
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> >> Errror: Interface eth0 does not exist |
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> >> Ensure that you have loaded the correct kernel modules for your hardware |
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> >> # lsmod |
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> >> module used by |
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> >> tg3 0 |
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> >> lbphy tg3 |
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> >> eth0 |
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> >> flags=4098<broadcast,multicast> mtu 1500 |
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> >> .... |
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> >> interrupt=16 |
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> >> |
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> >> lo |
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> >> flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436 |
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> >> inet 127.0.0.1 BROADCAST 255.255.255.0 |
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> >> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10 <host> |
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> >> |
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> >> Please excuse me, I am running back and forth from the servers and |
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> >> typing the error message here. Did our configuration get switched to |
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> >> IP6? These are our DB servers and why me!!! Why ME!!!!! |
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> > |
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> > No, it's not just you, it's happened to pretty much everybody. udev-200 |
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> > now renames eth0, eth1, .... to something else, dependent upon |
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> > complicated rules. In my case eth0 has become p6p1, though many people |
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> > seem to have got longer names. |
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> > |
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> > Have a look in /sys/class/net and see if your new name is there. If so, |
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> > edit all your config files containing eth0, switching to the new name. |
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> > |
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> > Once you got that done and things work again, take a deep breath and have |
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> > a look at the most recent Gentoo news item ($ eselect news read) which |
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> > explains it all, more or less. Then decide whether the above is a long |
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> > term solution, and if not start reading docs about writing udev rules. |
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> > |
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> > Yes, it's a pain in the backside. But at least with Gentoo, you've a |
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> > good chance of fixing things like this quickly. |
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> > |
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> >> Your help is greatly appreciated, |
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> >> Nick |
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> |
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> in my case it is still eth0: |
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> ifconfig |
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> eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 |
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> inet 192.168.178.21 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast |
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> 192.168.178.255 |
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> inet6 fe80::1e6f:65ff:fe87:6f6a prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> |
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> ether 1c:6f:65:87:6f:6a txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) |
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> RX packets 4647305 bytes 6693078055 (6.2 GiB) |
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> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 |
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> TX packets 2943816 bytes 226871998 (216.3 MiB) |
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> TX errors 0 dropped 1 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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> |
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> sys-fs/udev |
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> Available versions: (~)168-r2[1] [M]171-r10 197-r8^t{tbz2} |
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> (~)198-r6^t{tbz2} (~)199-r1^t{tbz2} 200^t{tbz2} **9999^t {acl |
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> action_modeswitch build debug doc edd extras +firmware-loader floppy |
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> gudev hwdb introspection keymap +kmod +openrc +rule_generator selinux |
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> static-libs test} |
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> Installed versions: 200^t{tbz2}(18:30:31 |
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> 29.03.2013)(firmware-loader gudev hwdb keymap kmod openrc -acl -doc |
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> -introspection -selinux -static-libs) |
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> |
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> I did keep net.eth0.... |
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Is your eth0 NIC a module (modprobed), or built in the kernel? |
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-- |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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