[mythtv-users] kernel upgrade broke networking

[John Drescher]

> When I set up the computer, I had moved eth0 out of /etc/network/interfaces
> and had set it up via the Settings -> Network Connections tool so I could
> set it up with DHCP.  But after the update, the Network Connections tool
> wasn’t working – it wouldn’t show me eth0 at all.  I put eth0 back into the
> /etc/network/interfaces file and rebooted and confirmed that the network
> jack was working fine (albeit now with DHCP instead of the IP I had set in
> Network Connections).  I booted up and switched the kernel on boot to the
> version prior to the update today and it booted fine and the network worked
> fine.

Possibly new kernel naming rules. I mean for me on gentoo (for the
last ~2 years) I can use the old eth0 naming with a kernel parameter
or just use the new enpXXX naming of network devices.

John