On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 04:40:16 +0100, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:53:33 +0000 (UTC) > "Amadeus W.M." <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Unfortunately the device is sill named em1, not eth0. So it's not NM. >> I don't understand why the udev rules files are ignored. Bug maybe? >> I'll report it and see what happens. > > AFAIK udev rules allow you to rename your network device to any name > *except* to eth. The eth namespace is reserved for the kernel, and udev > will refuse to rename anything to that. But it should work for any > other name you choose, like lan0, net0, etc. I remember reading about > this somewhere, but atm cannot find the right link. But the essential > explanation is given here: > > http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-desktops/2011-February/003762.html > Interesting, although I got it to work. Now I'm thinking that what I did shouldn't have worked. > But the real solution is to talk to Matlab developers and ask them to > fix their software (if you paid for it, you should have some leverage > in that). The eth namespace is not coming back, and the sooner they fix > their software, the better for their customers. > > HTH, :-) > Marko Of course, that's the right course of action, but there must be a critical mass of requests for them to bother, I think. So far it's just me and another guy. Don't know if they've fixed it in recent versions (2014) but this install is on a 32-bit pc and the last 32-bit linux version they have is 2012a, which I doubt they'll fix. I'm stuck with it for the life of this pc. -- 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
