[BlueOnyx:09143] Re: SIOCGIFADDR Error

[Chris Heiner]

Yup, that was it..The secondary nic and MAC address was the culprit.

Worked perfect.

Thanks.

Chris Heiner
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-----Original Message-----
From: blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it
[mailto:blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Michael Stauber
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 1:04 PM
To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
Subject: [BlueOnyx:09138] Re: SIOCGIFADDR Error

Hi Chris,

> "Bringing up interface eth0: SIOCGIFADDR: Cannot assign requested 
> address"

Could be a couple of things: Network card defective, not detected or not
supported by the kernel. Or a network configuration error.

Also on a 5107R or 5108R, check this file:

/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

Network cards are added to it by 'udev' in a format similar to this:

# PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
ATTR{address}=="bc:ae:c5:2a:87:df", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*",
NAME="eth0"

If you replace a NIC or switch it around, the MAC address recorded for
eth0 may no longer match and the NIC will then refuse to initialize.

Solution: Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and remove all
lines starting with SUBSYSTEM. Then reboot.

--
With best regards

Michael Stauber
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