Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 May 2007 07:59:30 +0200 | From | Björn Steinbrink <> | Subject | Re: e1000 in 2.6.21.2 and even older, like 2.6.13: eth0 does not exist but eth1 does |
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Hi,
On 2007.05.25 00:00:06 +0200, Martin MOKREJŠ wrote: > Let me emphasize ifconfig(1) does only show loopback device all the time. > Finally I found that in /proc/net/dev there is a row for "lo:" and "eth1". > Yes, the network card is recognized as eth1. Blindly running 'ifconfig eth1 > $IP'
ifconfig shows only interfaces that are "up" unless you run it with -a
> I think there is sometimes logged wrong device name to syslog, I do not > know why. > But it always shows eth0 after inserting the e1000 module? Removing the > module > disables the IRQ for the device, re-inserting the module again claims it is > eth0 ... but it is eth1, I know now. The network card is wired into the > motherboard,
The log entries are probably right, but userspace renames the device shortly after. Check /etc/iftab and/or your udev rules.
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