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Description of problem: Somehow udev decides to rename eth0 to eth1 (for no reason) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): udev-139-4.fc11.i586 kernel-2.6.29.1-46.fc11.i686.PAE How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot system 2. 3. Actual results: udev renames eth0 to eth1 Expected results: eth0 stays eth0 Additional info: F11 rawhide, fully updated (3 Apr 09) dmesg shows: sky2 eth0: addr 00:13:77:d7:e7:3f udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1 sky2 eth1: enabling interface ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready sky2 eth1: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready eth1: no IPv6 routers present
please post the contents of you /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file
As requested to contents of /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules: # This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules # program run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file. # # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line. # Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rul e written by anaconda) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:24:2b:7d:1f:2 a", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0" # Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8048 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rule wri tten by anaconda) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:11:22:33:44:5 5", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" # PCI device 0x11ab:0x4354 (sky2) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:13:77:d7:e7:3 f", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1" I am not sure why anaconda wrote that made up mac address for eth0.
just remove the lines for eth0 and eth1
reassigned to anaconda
Fixed in anaconda-11.5.0.48-1.fc11 and later.