[plug] no eth0, but drivers load...

[Daniel Pittman]

Adam Davin <byteme-its at westnet.com.au> writes:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:50:14 +1100
> Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net> wrote:
>> Lucas van Staden <lvs at dedmeet.com> writes:
>> > Daniel Pittman wrote:
>> >> Lucas van Staden <lvs at dedmeet.com> writes:

[...]

>> (I don't actually know how to rename the NIC without a reboot any
>> more. Isn't that kind of sad?  It used to be ifrename or similar, but
>> they have gone away and I don't know how to trigger udev to reprocess
>> the rule and rename the device for me.)
>
> Seeings udev is in /etc/init.d/udev - would it be possible to just
> re-issue a /etc/init.d/udev restart?
>
> I know this may possibly break things though... just a thought.. 

You inspired me to actually investigate the question and find out how to
get things working.  Running /etc/init.d/udev start should actually
work, but you can just as easily do it with:

    sudo udevadm --trigger

That should reprocess *all* events, which should handle the devices and
everything, I think.  It seems to in my testing, but I didn't actually
fiddle rules and check that part.

Regards,
        Daniel