https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=371499
Summary: Name of eth interface keeps changing
Product: openSUSE 10.3
Version: Final
Platform: Other
OS/Version: Other
Status: NEW
Severity: Normal
Priority: P5 - None
Component: Network
AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com
ReportedBy: f.de.kruijf@hetnet.nl
QAContact: qa@suse.de
Found By: ---
I have an Acer Aspire 5520G laptop (AMD 64-bit dual core) with a RJ45 ethernet
interface and a wifi interface. In YaST these 2 show as "Acer Incorporated
[ALI] Ethernet controller MAC : 00:00:6c:49:2f:d5" and "AMBIT Microsystem
AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter MAC : 00:1e:4c:af:7a:e0", but
in lspci it shows as "00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown
device 054c (rev a2)" and "05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications,
Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)". The driver
module for the RJ45 interface is "forcedeth".
With YaST I can configure the RJ45 interface easily. No problem and it works.
However after a reboot, the configuration is lost. The reason is that the name
of the interface has changed. If it was eth11 it has become eth12 and the next
time, after a reboot the name is eth13 etc. A rename of
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth<x> to ..../ifcfg-eth