Bug 142976

Summary: ifup cannot handle devices called "modemU" or "modemB"
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1 Reporter: Forgotten User ZhJd0F0L3x <forgotten_ZhJd0F0L3x>
Component: NetworkAssignee: Christian Zoz <zoz>
Status: VERIFIED FIXED QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None    
Version: Alpha 4   
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Hardware: Other   
OS: Other   
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Description Forgotten User ZhJd0F0L3x 2006-01-12 22:23:49 UTC
to identify my dialin devices i renamed the ifcfg-files from "modem0" and "modem1" to "modemB" and "modemU" (for "Bluetooth" and "USB"), so that i am able to remember which is which in the interface selection in kinternet.
This works well with kinternet and cinternet, but a simpe "ifup modemU" as root fails with

root@strolchi:/etc/sysconfig/network> ifup modemU
    modemU
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
ERROR: Cannot enable interface modemU.
ERROR: interface modemU is not up

And they are also unusable in NetworkManager (who just does ifup/down for dialin interfaces).

Christian, if this is not your bug, please reassign.
Comment 1 Christian Zoz 2006-01-23 15:55:06 UTC
Improved determination of interface type slightly. nevertheless it will not detect modem[A-Z] as modem. Therfore we now also have ifcfg variable INTERACETYPE.

Fixed in svn. Will go to beta2.