On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:59:15 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 15:54:41 +0000 (UTC) > "Amadeus W.M." <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I have to install Matlab on a Fedora 20 machine and I need to rename >> the network device to eth0, or else Matlab won't install. This is a >> known issue: >> >> http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/100235-why-can-t-i-activate-matlab-or-start-the-license-manager-in-a-newer-linux-environment#answer_109583 >> >> So, to revert to eth0, I follow these instructions: > > ...snip... > >> So NW somehow likes em1, despite all my efforts. If I stop and >> disable NW, then the network does not even start upon boot, as it >> should. How do I tell NW to leave my network alone and still have the >> network start upon boot? > > Two things leap to mind: > > 1. Do you have the 'biosdevname' package installed? It's yet another > older way of renaming things. You can simply remove it if you do, or > pass biosdevname=0 on the boot line to disable it. > I tried that (biosdevname=0) first, before I saw the new ways. No go. > 2. Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg* files... move them to > the names with the mac addresses that you want. > > kevin [root@phoenix ~]# ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo [root@phoenix ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=none DEFROUTE="yes" IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL="no" IPV6INIT=yes IPV6_AUTOCONF="yes" IPV6_DEFROUTE="yes" IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL="no" NAME="eth0" UUID="8b3948d3-4447-4016-8d24-1e26f65a3008" ONBOOT=yes IPADDR0=192.168.1.40 PREFIX0=24 GATEWAY0=192.168.1.1 DNS1=192.168.1.1 USERCTL=no HWADDR=00:0C:F1:BC:29:FE IPV6_PEERDNS=yes IPV6_PEERROUTES=yes That's why I'm so baffled. Neither the old nor the new methods work. If I boot interactively, what should I be looking for? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
