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Robin Cornelius wrote: > On 2/27/07, James Wonnacott <jwon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm trying to give a friendly name to my interfaces. >> >> I've googled on the subject and found various udev rule samples, none of >> which seem to work. >> > > Have you considered ifrename, i think it does what you want here. > > I don't think eth0 is a udev thing thats set by the linux network > layer not the lower device/sysfs layer. > Looks good, lets try it :-) j1@j1-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install ifrename Password: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package ifrename is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: udev E: Package ifrename has no installation candidate j1@j1-laptop:~$ if I download the file and try to install it apt says it conflicts with udev. Should I remove udev? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html