alternate install sets up biosdevname by default

[FR. Loïc]

Hi,

Please create a symbolic link between ethernet interfaces from "p1p1" to "eth0".

dmesg | grep eth0
[ 0.614926] systemd-udevd[102]: renamed network interface eth0 to p1p1

Because it breaks too much software. Add "biosdevname = 0" in grub is not a good solution.

Regards,

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: udev 204-5ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-generic 3.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 10.180489] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): p1p1: link becomes ready
 [ 12.553851] init: slim main process (856) terminated with status 1
 [ 19.482607] audit_printk_skb: 9 callbacks suppressed
 [ 19.482610] type=1006 audit(1395069279.474:15): pid=1065 uid=0 old auid=4294967295 new auid=1000 old ses=4294967295 new ses=1 res=1
 [ 206.343029] nf_conntrack: automatic helper assignment is deprecated and it will be removed soon. Use the iptables CT target to attach helpers instead.
Date: Mon Mar 17 16:20:50 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-17 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140316)
MachineType: MSI MS-7798
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-17-generic root=UUID=0cc5c37b-0c94-4ba4-a328-2428848bcfac ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/30/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V1.9
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: B75MA-P45 (MS-7798)
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.9:bd09/30/2013:svnMSI:pnMS-7798:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnB75MA-P45(MS-7798):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7798
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

We don't enable BIOS-named interface names in udev by default, so I don't know where that comes from. Can you please give me the output of

  grep -r p1p1 /etc/udev/rules.d /lib/udev/rules.d

?

BTW, there is no such thing as a "symlink" for ethernet interfaces. They are not file-like, their name is what it is.

[FR. Loïc (hackurx)]

No results at this location, but here's what I got in other locations :
(View attachment)

I installed Ubuntu via a alternate cd of Lubuntu (to have a minimal installation). I just looked and when I get a DHCP my card is already called p1p1.

In alternate CD of Lubuntu :
grep -r p1p1 /etc/
/etc/network/devname:p1p1:Realtek ...
/etc/network/devhotplug:p1p1

In netcfg & dhclient my card is called p1p1.

Thanks.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Ah, so /etc/network/devname certainly sounds like it would do that. I honestly have no idea what package/component creates that file; it's certainly not udev.

Can you please do

  dpkg -l > /tmp/packages.txt

and attach /tmp/packages.txt here? Perhaps there is one which sounds like it could be responsible for that.

[FR. Loïc (hackurx)]

I reinstalled a minimal Ubuntu i386 to make it more visible and clean (And because I'm nice ^^).

No problem with a live-cd. The problem is present only with the alternate CD amd64 and i386 :
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily/current/

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Ah, so you do have biosdevname installed. So apparently Lubuntu alternate pulls that in? Reassigning to lubuntu meta package.

[Julien Lavergne (gilir)]

Lubuntu doesn't seed it explicitly, it's part of d-i-requierement seed in platform, see http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/platform.trusty/revision/1609
But, as Lubuntu is probably the last flavor to use an alternate ISO, maybe we are the only ones affected by this.

[FR. Loïc (hackurx)]

Identical with alternate CD of Ubuntu Server :
cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/current/

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Right, apparently that's intended: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-August/035670.html

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Full history in bug 891258 and https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-January/034687.html, https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-February/thread.html.