Description of problem: Network devices can have arbitrary names, and due to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming, will have different names in Fedora 15. Also, it's possible due to hardware changes, etc. that a box only has eth1, eth2, etc. ppp-2.4.5/pppd/sys-linux.c: ... char * get_first_ethernet() { return "eth0"; } ... int ether_to_eui64(eui64_t *p_eui64) { ... strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, "eth0"); if(ioctl(skfd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) < 0) { close(skfd); warn("could not obtain hardware address for eth0"); ... Now, given that it does have fallback code for both of these functions if it fails, I'm not sure it drastically affects functionality at runtime. Filing for completeness. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ppp-2.4.5 How reproducible: By visual inspection.
ppp-2.4.5-17.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ppp-2.4.5-17.fc15
Package ppp-2.4.5-17.fc15: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing ppp-2.4.5-17.fc15' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ppp-2.4.5-17.fc15 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
ppp-2.4.5-17.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.