Topic: Interface 'dev(nnnn)' not found errors on boot

[dmcguire]

Hi,

Just installed 7.5 from scratch on a Dell Power Edge 840, 2x1Tb SATA disks. Install went OK, server-only mode, DHCP etc. no problems. On reboot it starts churning out several minutes worth of "Interface 'dev xxxx' not found" where xxxx is an apparently random 4 or 5 digit number. It looks like page after page of this...

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Interface 'dev17637' not found
Interface 'dev8780' not found
Interface 'dev20435' not found
Interface 'dev9222' not found
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After several minutes of this I'll get a login prompt on the console, and I can access the server manager via the LAN as usual. All appears to work.

Thinking it perhaps a faulty install, I rebooted of the 7.5 CD-ROm, ran install again, same result. Google turns up just one unhelpful Cent OS post, and searching here returns nothing as far as I can see. There's no record of the errors in the messages or boot logs, and after that I'm in uncharted waters.

Anyone seen this before?

[CharlieBrady]

Anyone seen this before?

If they have, they will hopefully have followed this advice:


Don't report problems here - Please report bugs and potential bugs in the bug tracker

[dmcguire]

Didn't want to post a bug in case it was something obvious I had overlooked.

As it happens, it appears that the cause may have been either a D-Link DGE-528T gigabit PCI nic, or possibly an Intel Pro 1000 PCIe card. I've just pulled the cards and the server boots fine with only the onboard Broadcomm nic, and since I need server-only that's good enough on this occasion. I don't have time to experiment with it unfortunately.

[dmcguire]

Scratch that... it's a bug, filed now.

[cactus]

Scratch that... it's a bug, filed now.

Please post a reference to the bug for future readers. Thanks.

[CharlieBrady]

Please post a reference to the bug for future readers. Thanks.

Searching here for 'Interface not found' will find multiple bug reports concerning this issue.

[dmcguire]

Noted & noted. Thanks.