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

[Adam Williamson]

On Sat, 2012-05-05 at 11:48 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote:
> 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.

In cases like this, *please* note the problem on the Bodhi page for the
update. It's what Bodhi is for. I have added a 'proxy' note for you to
try and make sure the update doesn't go through without this being
considered:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7262/biosdevname-0.4.0-1.fc17
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