From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hlj4F-0001j4-C5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 10:06:43 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l499tDqr031985; Wed, 9 May 2007 09:55:13 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l499qCtd027809 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 09:52:12 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76CB41ECE4 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 09:52:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id PMFsMUKwGFVt for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 09:52:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.115] (adsl-65-65-35-81.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [65.65.35.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B43B1ECDC for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 09:52:10 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I copied a Gentoo VM and now networking doesn't work. Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 04:52:02 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <000001c7920f$83295fc0$450a0a0a@locutus> In-Reply-To: <000001c7920f$83295fc0$450a0a0a@locutus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1528484.oaiPf5OMQB"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200705090452.08355.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: 961fdf66-d7e1-4a1c-8ba4-6d28577a2927 X-Archives-Hash: 8f09b4d6c5149dcf4fdd76ef2ed99b67 --nextPart1528484.oaiPf5OMQB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 09 May 2007 02:55:42 Daevid Vincent wrote: > I have a Gentoo VM that I've used for years (XP Host. Workstation 5.5.3). > Works great. > > I copied the .vmdk and .vmx files to a new directory called "LAMP". I > edited the .vmx file changing the appropriate paths. Now when I start the > new VM, my networking fails. (I changed nothing inside the linux VM). > > ifconfig eth0 says: > eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found Check for other devices. udev now establishes persistent network device na= mes=20 based on MAC address (unless you add some of your own rules). It's very=20 likely that the MAC address of the virtual device changed, and the "new"=20 device is eth1 (or higher). This isn't really Gentoo specific. It's bit me on at least 2 other distros= as=20 well. (Mainly due to the network cards in one of my systems being "broken"= =20 so that the MAC is randomized by the kernel on each boot.) This new behavior is odd to me, but in the long run I think it'll improve=20 usability of Linux in general. =2D-=20 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,=3D ,-_-. =3D.=20 bss03@volumehost.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-'=20 http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ =20 --nextPart1528484.oaiPf5OMQB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGQZnI55pqL7G1QFkRAmcfAJ9ebwUT//o7r9anPI2etT8nCpXMCwCfQFic +Henhj+ftnZ4dFRft7V6Dp4= =rTRC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1528484.oaiPf5OMQB-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list