Hi all,

I migrated my Linode from Xen to KVM and now there are 2 network interface cards showing up in Yast. One of them (eth0) has the correct IP address, which the other (Virtio Network Device) shows "unconfigured", and an error is in the description: "Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details."

I can still access my Linode using its IP address, so I think the network is working, but I am wondering if this is normal ...? Is there a way to delete the Virtio network device without affecting anything else? Or can I just ignore this weirdness?

Thanks in advance!

Distro?

Tried removing /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules ?

-Chris

Thanks for your reply caker!

I've tried a fresh rebuild with openSUSE 13.1 as well as 13.2. Same problem.

I've just deleted /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and rebooted and the Virtio network device entry is still there. I thought the system would have re-detected the network interfaces ...?

More information: I just realized that openSUSE 13.2 is using wicked service to configure the network interfaces. When I do "wicked show all" I get this:
lo up
link: #1, state up
type: loopback
config: compat:/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-lo
leases: ipv4 static granted
addr: ipv4 127.0.0.1/8 [static]

dummy0 device-unconfigured
link: #2, state down, mtu 1500
type: dummy, hwaddr 0e:9f:6f:00:f2:cf

eth0 up
link: #3, state up, mtu 1500
type: ethernet, hwaddr f2:3c:91:26:d8:92
config: compat:/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
leases: ipv4 static granted
addr: ipv4 139.162.28.179/24 [static]
route: ipv4 default via 139.162.28.1

(more entries truncated)

So, it looks like the dummy interface is the Virtio Network Device. I guess it is ok to just leave that entry inside Yast..?