[solved] Re: F17: LAN interface renamed from em1 to em15. Why?

Joachim Backes joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Sat May 5 09:48:54 UTC 2012


On 05/05/2012 10:09 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> my LAN interface was named *em1* since starting with F17. But this week
> I saw it's name has been changed to *em15*. Who could be the culprit?
> 
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
> 
> All comments are welcome.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
> 
> http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes
> 

It seems the update of biosdevname to biosdevname-0.4.0-1.fc17.x86_64
was the culprit. After downgrading to biosdevname-0.3.11-6, the LAN
device was renamed to em1.

Kind regards

-- 
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

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