From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mxsf01.insightbb.com (mxsf01.insightbb.com [74.128.0.71]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58154109D6 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:42:31 -0400 (EDT) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,270,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="706021043" Received: from unknown (HELO asav02.insightbb.com) ([172.31.249.123]) by mxsf01.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 25 Jul 2009 17:42:30 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AoEKAMsYa0pKhPU6/2dsb2JhbACBSolBhS6KCbRXhA0FgUiHXw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,270,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="323256587" Received: from 74-132-245-58.dhcp.insightbb.com (HELO Boe) ([74.132.245.58]) by asav02.insightbb.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2009 17:42:30 -0400 Message-ID: <315CDBF91008414B988342B021146E3F@Boe> From: "Jayson Smith" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20090725201650.GA4231@romuald.net.eu.org> Subject: Re: Ethernet not working, a weird one! Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:42:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:42:31 -0000 Hi, You nailed it. Near the end of dmesg, I get this line: udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1 That would just about do it. Question is, why's it doing it, and how do I stop it? I am not at all familiar with udev, so a simple explanation would probably be best. Thanks, Jayson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Ethernet not working, a weird one! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:47:18PM -0400, Jayson Smith wrote: >> On June 18, lightning struck our home. > > Wow, do you mean that literally? If you mean that lightning struck your > power/phone lines, then I'd strongly suggest investing in a surge > protector, one with protection for both power and phone, and hook up > your pc to it, including network hub/switch, and dsl/dial-up modems to > the phone line through the protector. If you have cable, then there > are surge protectors that also have coax jacks. > >> What could this be? > > If the card shows up in lspci, and you have the driver for it loaded, > it should also show up in dmesg. So, what does dmesg have to say? I'd > say you might have a udev issue somewhere, though that's just a > guess. Also, are you sure that the card isn't in fact recognized? It > could be recognized, but assigned a different interface, like eth1 > instead of eth0. If that's the case, then that's a udev rule issue. To > answer your other question in another post, no, if you have the driver > built into the kernel, then there are no modules to load. > >> If I end up having to rebuild from scratch, what is a currently good >> distro for console only, no GUI Linux that supports Speakup? If I were >> rebuilding anyway, I would strongly consider switching from Gentoo to an >> easier to maintain distro. > > I'd recommend debian myself. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpraDIACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyBmcACgmx1zbLj6rU/fZSOQe6TyG6qZ > wg4An1hkrkt5B911HKoKxN9JysQOHVwR > =caB1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup