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slot

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Registered: 2008-09-08

Posts: 67

3rd network interface unknown and not found - udev renaming

I have an Arch linux based firewall with 3 wired network interfaces, one on the mobo.
In a thunderstorm one of the pci-based interfaces died.
Upon changing that one to another with the same chipset (realtek 8139) as the one on the mobo, udev hangs a long time on boot and the latter (eth2) becomes unknown and not found.

Looking at the kernel log I find the following before change:

kernel: udev[435]: renamed network interface eth1 to eth1-eth2
kernel: udev[426]: renamed network interface eth2 to eth1
kernel: udev[435]: renamed network interface eth1-eth2 to eth2

And after the change just this:

kernel: udev[426]: renamed network interface eth2 to eth2-eth1

What is going on and how can I avoid this?

Thanks

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,693

Re: 3rd network interface unknown and not found - udev renaming

Could you post the output of sudo lspci -v  ?? I am wondering if the chipsets are conflicting with each other's resources.  They shouldn't, but it sounds like one of them might have been a little traumatized and may be a little brain damaged. (Pardon my anthropomorphisms)

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