Bug 180889

Summary:	udev-1.04-r12 renames madwifi athx interface
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) <chrb>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	steev
Priority:	High
Version:	2007.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Chris Bainbridge (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-04 18:43:57 UTC

The file /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules contains a rule for ath* devices that runs persistent_net_generator_do. With wlanconfig the user specifies the device name. wlanconfig returns the specified device name, but udev renames it, so scripts subsequently fail.

Other reports: http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=airmon-ng&DokuWiki=37069e1b377f07ac7ee0ace5c1a6f802 http://madwifi.org/ticket/972#comment:12

Solution appears to be to remove ath* from 75-persistent-net-generator.rules

The problem may also exist in later udev versions, I haven't checked.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-04 18:59:03 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 173540 ***