G T Smith wrote:

Joachim Schrod wrote:

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G T Smith wrote:

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Edit the file /etc/udev/rules.d/30-net_persistent_names.rules

change eth3 to eth0 and restart the network. Take care not to have another eth0 in this file !!

Addendum: This usually happens if one cloned a Linux system from one host to another, or if one exchanged Ethernet cards, or if one changes MAC addresses. Since you worte about "reconfigure", you already had a configuration for eth0, and you could fall under one of these cases.

That files holds a record of all previously configured Ethernet devices, and maps MAC addresses to device names. It operates under the assumption that a device name is allocated for a newly seen MAC address and then reserved for it -- which is a reasonable assumption for enterprise environments and not always true for SOHO and private environments.

In my case I am fairly certain it is something eccentric in the hardware. Sony laptops while nice machines are not noted for their usability under linux, and while everything seems to work (I admit I have not tested the sony stick slot), you do have do tweak things in odd ways to get a result.

Ah, one of these cases. I heard of them, but luckily never experienced them. All our Laptops are IBM Thinkpads, and they work like a charm. (Even the very old CS701, aka Butterfly, from 1996 -- though I run Slackware on it, this was easier to get really small.) Here's hoping that Lenovo doesn't bring down the quality of the TP T series that I like a lot. Maybe I should by a T61p while they are still good. ;-) Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org