Bug 142976 - ifup cannot handle devices called "modemU" or "modemB"
Summary: ifup cannot handle devices called "modemU" or "modemB"
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Network (show other bugs)
Version: Alpha 4
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Christian Zoz
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Blocks: 140732
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Reported: 2006-01-12 22:23 UTC by Forgotten User ZhJd0F0L3x
Modified: 2007-06-05 09:37 UTC (History)
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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.