Bug 141770 - ethernet adapter shows up as eth1, no eth0
Summary: ethernet adapter shows up as eth1, no eth0
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: i586 Other
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Christian Zoz
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Reported: 2006-01-06 15:38 UTC by michel munnix
Modified: 2006-01-12 11:09 UTC (History)
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/var/log directory (tgz) (164.02 KB, application/x-gzip)
2006-01-06 15:41 UTC, michel munnix 		Details
output from lsmod command (1.78 KB, text/plain)
2006-01-12 08:50 UTC, michel munnix 		Details
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Description michel munnix 2006-01-06 15:38:53 UTC 
after installing SuSE linux 10 on a IBM Thinkpad A21e (text mode only)
ethernet adapter showed up with mac adress ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
after booting failsafe, it appears with correct mac adress but it is eth1.
There is no eth0.
Yast told something about a duplicate adress ???
Comment 1 michel munnix 2006-01-06 15:41:45 UTC 
Created attachment 62182 [details]
/var/log directory (tgz)
Comment 2 Thorsten Kukuk 2006-01-07 09:30:25 UTC 
You need to specify acpi=off on the commandline (and not use failsafe).
This is a well known BIOS bug of Thinkpads A2x and T2x series.
Comment 3 michel munnix 2006-01-07 17:18:19 UTC 
ok, I'll try acpi=off only on monday. But how can I get the system to forget about eth0 = ff:ff:ff... and get the real mac adress with eth0 and not eth1 ?
Comment 4 michel munnix 2006-01-09 10:31:03 UTC 
I tried adding only acpi=off : the ethernet adapter commes up with the correct mac adress but it is named eth1, I realy don't know how to revert it to eth0
Comment 5 J. Daniel Schmidt 2006-01-10 17:18:44 UTC 
Michal do you have a clue?
Comment 6 Michal Svec 2006-01-11 09:39:25 UTC 
I guess wrong mac is a driver (kernel) issue.
Comment 7 Hannes Reinecke 2006-01-11 09:50:07 UTC 
Christian, your thing.
Comment 8 michel munnix 2006-01-12 08:50:21 UTC 
Created attachment 63033 [details]
output from lsmod command
Comment 9 Christian Zoz 2006-01-12 11:09:36 UTC 
Read /usr/share/doc/packages/sysconfig/README.Persistent_Interface_Names

The interface name eth1 is a side effect of the acpi problem. This is not a bug. And it is no problem if the interface is called eth1 instead of eth0. You can give it nearly any name you like.