On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 09:08 -0500, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Tim wrote: > > > Timothy Murphy: > >>>> Some program re-writes /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth? > >>>> when I re-boot. > > > > <snip> > > > > Thinking more about the original poster's question, I'm wondering if > > they have kudzu running each bootup, and whether it does it. > > That was my suspicion, although I don't recall it ever changing anything > in my installation. On the other hand, my devices were all properly > detected, so I haven't modified the files myself either. > > There's an issue about the order in which devices are detected on bootup > (hence what names the interfaces get) that is fixed by using the latest > initscripts update. > > But before we diagnose the problem, we need to know exactly what fields > are being reset. > Matt, Didn't you tell us a few months ago about a bug/feature where the NIC wasn't properly detected during installation, and because the HWADDR did not get added correctly, kudzu might be coming up with "re-creating" the interface? You mention having the latest initscripts, but perhaps if he is installing original FC6 versus the Unity respin? Or perhaps the OP's "editing" (wasn't it in a kickstart) is eradicating something? Anyway, just tossing some things in to the mix.... --Rob
